Clarion 1966-02-23 Vol 41 No 15

Volume XLI—No. 15 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Wednesday, February 23, 1966
Dr. Carl Lundquist, president of Bethel College and Seminary, in a
chapel presentation last week explained the financial plight of the col-lege
necessitating the $200 tuition increase for the coming academic
year.
Faculty Entertains Alumni
At Evening Coffee Hours
SPIRE Staff is working feverishly, burning much midnight oil as they
prepare to meet their February 28 deadline.
Bethel Office Proclaims
$200 Increase In Tuition
Last week's announcement of a $200 increase in college tuition
marked the end of a period of misunderstanding and uncertainty. Dean
Webster Muck was present at the Student Senate meeting February
14, to brief senators and other campus leaders on the meaning of the
increase.
The formal announcement was made by Dr. Carl Lundquist in a
Wednesday convocation wherein the President reviewed the overall
budget and explained present financial problems at Bethel.
At this meeting with the Senate, Dean Muck indicated that the
extra revenues will be needed for 1. extra student services due to the
increased campus population, 2. more extensive maintenance of campus
buildings and grounds, 3. a 4% increase in staff salaries, 4. general
campus administration, 5. extension of public affairs activities, 6. addi-tion
of several faculty instructors, and 7. repayment of loans from thi
Baptist General Conference.
Dean Muck made it clear that revenues from the increased tuition
will not be used for capital investment on the Arden Hills site. He
added that even in view of the increased costs, Bethel will still
maintain its status as the least expensive liberal arts college in the
Twin City vicinity.
During his convocation presentation, Dr. Lundquist maintained that
the increased tuition should not eliminate any students from the campus.
He expressed assurance that personal sudent needs will be sufficiently
met by expanded financial aid.
the piano in the fieldhouse after
the Wednesday evening rally.
This year's coffee fellowship is
a ni-arl r:fe from the traditional
Founders' Week practice of having
a coffee hour on three separate
nights in the Bodien Lounge.
According to Dwight Jessup of the
Public Relations Department, this
change has been made to encour-age
a more personal atmosphere
among participating alumni and
professors.
Busy Spire editors are facing the
pressure of deadline time as they
prepare the final shipment of year-book
copy for mailing to the print-ers.
One hundred pages of ma-terial
is due to Taylor Publishing
Company, Dallas, Texas, by Mon-day,
February 28, according to
Dave Snyder and Kay Moir, co-editors.
The bulk of material now being
completed is that illustrating
Council Offers
Summer Posts
Minnesota Council for Education
in Politics is sponsoring a summer
internship program for interested
college students. Two students
from Minnesota colleges will be
selected to serve as interns with
each of the major political parties
at their Twin Cities headquarters.
Stipends of $700 will be paid to
participating students for the dur-ation
of their internship. Non-residents
of the Twin Cities will be
paid $900.
Similar programs are institu-ted
for Minnesota college stu-dents
to serve as interns with
legislative candidates from the
Republican and Democratic part-ies
and as observers at the Min-nesota
state conventions.
The two students serving as in-terns
with each party's legislative
candidates will be paid $200 for
the three-month period of work.
The eight students selected to at-tend
each party's convention will
be paid stipends of $50 for the 4-
day period.
The expenses of the program are
covered by the National Center for
Education in Politics and the Min-nesota
parties. Students complet-ing
their junior years are prefer-red,
though others are eligible.
For the Twin Cities' head-quarter
program, application and
the three required recommenda-tions
must be in by May 15. Fin-alists
will be interviewed per-sonally
and notified of their se-lection
on June 1.
The convention internship ap-plications
and recommendations
deadline is April 1, and intern se-lections
are notified by April 15.
Legislative candidate applica-tions
and recommendations are to
be in by May 1, and those selected
will be notified by June 15. Mr.
Franklin has application blanks
and answers to any questions con-cerning
the program.
The program is an excellent op-portunity
to become involved in
politics in a practical way. Larry
Houk, of Bethel College, was in
the program last summer.
by Mae Toedter
The Bethel English Department
actively participated in the elev-enth
annual English Conference
held Friday and Saturday, Febru-ary
18 and 19 at Hamline Univer-sity.
The works of William Faulkner
were the subject of discussion,
with main focus on Faulkner's The
Bear. Each school chose in addi-tion
another of Faulkner's works
to study and presented the find-ings
of their studies in discussion
groups. Bethel chose Go Down
Moses, a compilation of short stor-ies
of which The Bear is one.
Mr. Chris Weintz, chairman of
Bethel's English Department
presided at the annual dinner
presenting the speaker, Dr. A.
W. Plumstead from the Univer-sity
of Minnesota.
In his speech, "Rip Van Winkle
Goes South" Dr. Plumstead dealt
with time as a theme and tech-nique.
He suggested that many
American authors, including Wil-liam
Faulkner, show conflicting
Following the evening Founders'
Week service on Wednesday, Feb-ruary
23, there will be coffee
fellowship for Seminary alumni in
homes of present Bethel Seminary
professors.
Alumni graduating before 1951
will be hosted by the following
professors: 1900 to 1939 by Anton
Pearson, 1663 Van Buren; 1940 to
1945 by Alphin Conrad, 1424 Ar-ona
Street; 1946 to 1950 by Reuben
Omark, 1366 W. Iowa.
Alumni graduating in 1951 or
later will meet in these faculty
homes: 1951 to 1955, Clifford An-derson,
1804 Venus Avenue; 1956
to 1960, Virgil Olson, 1520 N.
Snelling; 1961 to 1965, Ronald
Youngblood, 1191 Carlton Drive.
Those who need transportation
or directions should meet near
concepts of time in their works.
His discussion presented three as-pects
of time: linear, psychologi-cal
and divine.
In the first category, he sug-gested
the conflict of the concept
that time is money and the hand-maiden
of progress, that the past
is dead, with the idea that there
are certain universal truths, that
one needs to look to the past for
ideals, that the past is ever with
us.
On the second level he sug-gested
the mythical time of in-nocence
as seen in Thoreau's
WALDEN and Twain's HUCK-LEBERRY
FINN in contrast
with time as a growth in know-ledge
in Faulkner's THE BEAR.
Finally, Dr. Plumstead directed
his attention to writer's involve-ment
in the subject of divine time:
free will against fate.
David Sprague of Bethel pre-sented
a paper entitled "Faulk-ner's
Portrait of the Negro in Go
Down Moses." The thesis of his
cont'd on page five
Special Mixer
Follows Game
Bethel "social action" Saturday,
February 26, moves immediately
from the Fieldhouse gymnasium
and the 8:00 p.m. Bethel-Ellendale
game to Bodien Dining Hall where
Edgren and Bodien dormitory
councils are sponsoring a post-game
mixer for all students.
The affair will begin with games
for a half-hour followed by an
hour-long program. Skits will be
featured, along with music by
Bethel's now-famous folksinging
duo, the Cumberland Singers, "Tuf-fy"
Bryant and Dick Fredrickson.
Rick Welch is emcee for the pro-gram.
Refreshments after the program
will be "strictly self-service, eat-all-
you-want" sundaes, for which
students will choose their desired
combinations of fudge, butter-scotch,
strawberry, and other as-sorted
sauces, nuts, whipped cream,
and the famous maraschino cherry.
Admissnon fee for the mixer is
35c per person.
events of the school year at Bethel.
Section editors most involved
in the final preparations are El-len
Franzen, Organizations, Bob
Monroe, Academics and Admin-istration,
and Dave Frenchak,
Seminary. Co-editors Moir and
Snyder are handling the Student
Life section.
This year's Spire emphasizes stu-dent
life primarily through the
use of more candid photos. Getting
Bethel's total projected budget
for 1966-67 now stands at
$2,354,840. This is a 15.9% in-crease
over this year's budget of
$2,031,135. The increased college
costs are paralleled by a proposed
for a 13% increase in seminary
expenses.
Concerning federal aid, no
definite statement was made by
either administration or in the
recent budget report. Neverthe-less
the following statement
from the budget report seems
to be a veiled reference to this
controversial source of finances.
"A more intense cultivation of
non-conference sources of income
will probably result — although
heavy reliance on current funds
from this source should be avoided
in light of total purposes of the
school."
The Bethel complex (college and
seminary) has run a deficit suc-cessively
for the last three years.
The overall drive for an expanded
budget is an effort to liquidate
those deficits and assume a footing
for the projected move of the col-lege
to the Arden Hills site.
a large number of these has kept
chief photographer Hans Walden-strom
busier than ever recently.
With both candid shots and
group organization photographs,
he has been assisted by freshman
John Hopkins. Amateur "photogs"
among the student body have also
contributed some pictures.
Copy and photos for the Ad-vertisement
section will also be
shipped to Dallas on the 28th.
School organizations and nearby
businesses are presently being
contacted about advertising in
the book.
The projected distribution date
for the Spire this year is May 10
at the All-School Banquet.
DEAN LARSON MOVES
TO SEMINARY
Public announcement was made
Monday morning in chapel of Dean
Clifford Larson's decision to leave
his position as academic dean next
autumn. He will then become pro-fessor
of religious education at
Bethel Seminary.
Faculty members met Monday to
choose three representatives who
will join with three members of
the Board of Education in nomi-nating
candidates to replace Dean
Larson.
A full story will appear in next
week's CLARION.
Bethel English Students
Attend Local Conference
Staff Assembles SPIRE Contents
As Final Yearbook Deadline Nears
Student Examines American Policies
Contradicting Far-Eastern Viewpoint
The following article is based largely upon, the
author's observation gained from his life as a
missionaries' son in India.
by Jonathan P. Larson
There is a quaint story in Greek mythology of
a god, Procrustes, who had a strange practice of
tying people to a bed frame. Those who were too
short to fit, he stretched, and those who were un-lucky
enough to be too long, he cut off. The bed
frame was the standard.
The history of American relations with the Far
East is neither long nor illustrious. There has been
an acute if suppressed clash between Oriental and
American culture (maybe complex would be a better
term). Americans have inadvertently developed this
complex parallel to their political, economic, and
military power.
It is this complex which has so thoroughly
frustrated our ties with the Oriental world. Americans
by Bruce Lawson
Saigon
In response to a recent Western
contract, the North Vietnamese
leadership indicated this week
that it has no intentions of adopt-ing
a more flexible attitude toward
peace negotiations with the United
States.
According to Hanoi's propaganda,
the leadership is convinced that
American public opinion will even-tually
force Washington to favor-able
terms if the Viet Cong suc-cessfully
wage a protracted war.
Budapest
Large numbers of people were
arrested last week on the charge
of "conspiratorial plans to over-throw
the government 'with help
from the West."
According to Nepszabadsag, the
majority of those arrested were
political criminals who had been
arrested after the abortive 1956
revolution and released under a
general amnesty in 1963.
Miami Beach
The maritime branch of the
AFL-CIO has served notice for
President Johnson to persuade al-lies
to stop trade with North Viet
Nam or have their ships boycotted
in American ports. The boycott
will affect ships from Great Bri-tain,
France, Italy, Norway, Swe-den,
Greece and the United Arab
Republic.
Canberra
Vice President Hubert Hum-phrey
met the first hostile dem-onstrations
of his tour when
approximately 150 anti-Viet Nam
war pickets surged toward his
car in Canberra. Pickets came
from as far as 450 miles for
the demonstration.
have ceased to be pioneers of their manifest destiny
and are now strongly asserting themselves as the
moral and cultural gods of the world.
For example, the Far East has a heritage of
kinship societies, a part of which is filial piety. In
these societies there is little concept of democracy
or popular concensus.
The elder rules as an absolute (If I may para-phrase
from Louis XIV 'L'etat c'est it'). Naturally
from this seed bed have sprung various types of
dictatorial governments — absolute monarchies, ex-clusive
oligarchies, et cetera, et cetera.
But Americans have taken it upon themselves
to be the champions of individual rights. So with
the flood of American dollars also comes subtle
pressure for representative systems of government.
Desiring to avoid embarassment, the Oriental leaders
acquiesce, and systems are hastily thrown up in
compliance with American pressures.
Once the legislatures, assem-blies,
councils, and cabinets have
been established, they immediate-ly
begin to crumble. Why? In their
frustration to identify with ,a lead-er,
the public naturally chooses
the president or prime minister.
The checks and balances of the
legislature become meaningless.
To circumvent these councils
and assemblies which are foreign
to them, the public uses blackmail,
vice, and bribery. Inevitably, the
system grinds to a halt whereupon
a coup is promptly executed, and
a more natural state is established.
This piques American diplomats
no end, and there the conflict
sets in.
The conflict within every Orien-tal
is the desire for American
wealth pitted against a personal
drive to identify with an absolute
leader. The conflict within the
American is the desire to be want-ed
(offering his dollars) and a
naive compulsion to propagate his
form of government.
Believe it or not, American
wealth is something far more tran-sient
than the Oriental nature,
and in a open confrontation be-tween
the two, the American dol-lar,
and the liapier mache govern-ments
that come with it, are
bound to disintegrate. When Amer-ican
wealth is gone, American
compulsions to play god will go as
well.
The tragic end to our Greek
myth—PIro crustes was stretched
upon his own bed, and there killed
by Theseus.
Is America the standard?
Chapel Outlook
Several interesting chapel pro-grams
will be coming up the first
week in March.
They include an Inter-Collegiate
Band Concert on Thursday, March
3. March 4 will be a senior testi-mony
given by Bill Madsen.
February 28 and March 1, Don
Botsford from Camp Forest Home
in Forest Home California will be
in the Coffee Shop for interviews.
These interviews will pertain to
summer jobs offered to college
students at the camp. Mr. Botsford
will be the speaker at chapel on
March 1.
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Los Angeles
Asian flu continues to rampage
in California, Alaska and five
Eastern states. Hardest hit was
Los Angeles where 400,000 stu-dents
and 3,000 teachers missed
school last Friday.
Washington, D.C.
General Maxwell Taylor said dur-ing
the week that "inexorable
pressure on Communist aggressors
is the key to successful outcome."
He said there would be world-wide
repercussions unless the United
States demonstrates in Viet Nam
that Communist wars of subver-sion
are "costly, dangerous and
doomed to failure."
Hammaguir, Algeria
France now claims member-ship
in the world space race
after shooting an all-French 41.8
pound gold-plated satellite into
orbit above the Sahara Desert.
Vatican City
Pope Paul has made fasting obli-gatory
only on Ash Wednesday and
Good Friday reducing the tradi-tional
number of fast days during
Lent from forty to two.
Princeton
Recent Gallup Poll reports show
that Secretary of Defense Robert
McNamara received high praise
from the American public for the
way he has handled military prob-lems
in South Viet Nam and the
way he has managed the Defense
Department.
New York
The Army Corps of Engineers
is seriously considering turning off
the water at Niagra Falls to give
it a face-lifting. Rock slides are
threatening to ruin the American
side of the falls.
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the CLARION Wednesday, February 23, 1966
Advocates of Senate Ban
Base Attack on Fallacies
Student Senate has concentrated the bulk of its attention
during the past few weeks upon the alarming proposal to dis-band
the only representative student body on campus. We
applaud the efforts of those senators who blocked the passage
of such a proposal.
It is difficult to understand the mentality or reasoning
behind the move to disband. It is also alarming to realize that
capable students elected to govern the student body and rep-resent
student interests could have acted so unwisely, con-sidering
such a move feasible. Their reasoning is based on
saliently distorted views.
Fallacy number one concerns the theory upon which the
Student Senate is based. Proponents of the constitutional re-vision
suggest one reason Student Senate has not been influ-ential
in handling controversial and pertinent issues is that the
students haven't come to them.
This assumption that students are to come to Senate is
antithetical to the primary thesis for the existence of Senate.
It is, in fact, the Senate's responsibility to activate the student
body.
In his acceptance speech, former Senate president, Bob
Beckstrom made the statement, "Something I would be very
happy to hear from students next year is, 'Bob, I don't like
what Senate is doing.' First . . . it would imply that Senate
is doing something. But more than that, it would imply that
Senate is doing something about which students are concerned.
Only then will the Senate be a vital part of our campus life"
(CLARION, March 18, 1964).
The present president, Bill Madsen, in his acceptance
speech stated that he looked forward to his tenure as an
opportunity for Senate to MAKE all Bethelites aware of the
Senate's concern with the "live issues" of campus life. (CLAR-ION,
April 7, 1965)
The problem then is not that the student body hasn't
made Senate aware of the "live issues," but that the Student
Senate has not made the student body aware of what is hap-pening
and what can be done about it. The problem is therefore
directly correllated to the ability of the senators to handle
controversy and direct it to the students.
This brings us to a second fallacy: "The difficulty in inter-esting
the student in his government is not the inadequacy
of those who govern but rather in the system by which they
as officers and senators are defined."
We have already shown the problem is correlated with
those who govern. Those who advocated the thorough constitu-tional
revision stated that no major structural change has been
effected by the Senate in an attempt to cure "student apathy."
We disagree.
Last year's thorough constitutional revision removed com-mittee
chairmen and certain executive official from the voting
Senate and reapportioned representation. It was certainly a
major change and may have precipitated in measure the
present Senate problem by removing the more acute individu-als
from the voting Senate body. Structural revision is not
by necessity a panacea for all ills.
Fallacy number three: "The present organization is ex
tremely efficient, having not spent more than three weeks on
any item of business before making some decision." This
speaks to the type of issues that have been raised in the
Senate, not the superefficiency of the machine.
Fallacy number four: "The proposal (the advocated con-stitutional
change) was designed to allow for total student
involvement." The theory is implimented by a "system of ad hoc
committees stemming from the student body as the situation
warrants."
This is based on the false assumption that the masses will
spontaneously govern themselves. You think you spent most
of your time sitting around the dorm this year!
Other disconcerting problems exist. By setting up one
council composed of a chairman, secretary, treasurer and
heads of the seven Senate committees, there exists a con-centration
of power, especially in financial matters, destroying
the entire system of representative voice students have in
governing their affairs.
The council must by necessity be composed of upper-classmen.
Are the freshmen and sophomores who constitute
more than half the student body to be subjected to legislative
injustice? They must have a voice if they are to be governed.
We agree with those advocating a change in Senate. How-ever,
that change must come from within the present Senate
system. To abolish it would do nothing but lead the student
body into a blind alley. We are encouraged to see Senate fol-lowing
these lines.
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Batman Club gathers every Wednesday and Thursday evenings in
Edgren lounge to ingest the scintillating adventures of their newly
adopted heroes.
Wednesday, February 23, 1966 the CLARION Page 3 Letter to the Editor:
Lund Evaluates Senate Predicament wear 2413brp • • •
Dear Editor:
As theologians discuss the value
of the "God is Dead" theology,
Bethel has developed an interest-ing
variation: senate is dead.
Arguments such as student a-pathy,
inadequate constitutional
framework, lack of significant is-sues
and senate is ultra-efficient
are tossed about by various fac-tions.
As one of the many apathetic
students, I would like to add my
ignorance to the confusion by
analyzing several arguments put
forth.
It seems that the criteria to
judge a "successful" constitution
are in the amount of student par-ticipation
at various senate func-tions
and/or the willingness of
students to fill committees, offices,
etc. Therefore, if few students par-ticipate
it is symptomatic of a
poor constitutional framework.
Approaching it from the negative,
if most students have the time,
talent and willingness to take part
in student politics we would have
no need for a representative struc-ture,
except for efficiency.
I for one don't have the time,
But it seems to me in a college
setting one needs to go beyond
the high school concept (i.e. lead-ership
training and creating a cul-tural
milieu) to constructive work
with regard to the total academic
and spiritual community.
Perhaps the student government
could serve in clarifying the roles
of various campus agencies per-tinent
to student interest or ac-tively
seek to present a truer
image of the Bethel student to our
churches.
Finally I submit that our pre-sent
leadership is to be blamed
for the "senate is dead theory."
I turn to the March 31, 1965,
CLARION issue in which t h e
president-elect allowed to be
listed his desired goals for this
year, those upon which he ran
for office.
I quote in part, "Among tenta-tive
senate projects for next year
by Jonathan P. Larson
is a series of discussion groups
dealing with different aspects of
Christianity . . . the preparation
of a handbook for students . . .
greater interaction between Senate
and student.
Further, the article states that
he looks forward to next semester
as an opportunity to make all
Bethelites aware of the Senate's
concern with "live issues" of cam-pus
life.
In light of the current discussion
it may be well to recall to mind
his election speech in chapel. The
tape would make for iinteresting
listening. The question might well
be raised, "What happened to
those campaign promises?"
Perhaps it is not solely the
apathy of the student body but
its leadership which is responsi-ble
for our present condition.
Fred Lund
Wolff has transformed names
and statistics into vibrant three
dimensional personalities who
struggle, cry, kill, and despair.
London fiddled as Belgium
crumbled. The gay parties in
London society contrasted with
the thunder of drumfire and the
blood soaked bandages destroy
all grandiose illusions of the
"war to end all wars."
Wolff effectively shows that
World War I was not a moral war
(is any war ever moral?) waged
against totalitarianism, rather it
was the dramatic enactment of
petty whims and disagreements.
Look. It's a bird. It's a plane.
It's . . . no, Batman and Robin
are trying to park their Batmobile.
Yes, with a smash, zop, whack,
and biff, the comic strip heroes,
Batman and Robin have invaded
campus communities across the
nation, bringing with them a rash
of hero-worshippers.
Bethel is no exception. Every
Wednesday and Thursday even-ing
the television room in the
college building and the recrea-tion
room of Edgren Dormitory
are packed to capacity with ar-dent
fans.
In spite of the extensive and ex-cellent
coverage given to the SPAN
program in recent issues of the
Clarion, response to the program
has been nil.
SPAN is a program that permits
college students to study abroad
on a summer program while earn-ing
academic credit. SPAN will pay
half of the total expenses for the
trip.
SPAN is sponsored by the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, and is an
excellent chance for Bethel stu-said.
"Batman fits the criterion in
that it calls forth visions of old
gangster movies, comic books and
a little bit of everyone's childhood
—a childhood in which one wished
himself into the role of Superman,
Tarzan or any large-muscled hero
so that he could either fly away
from hiS parents, escape boredom,
win the love of the girl down the
block by performing fantastic
1967 summer program are now be-ing
taken.
It is imperative that application
for the program be made by the
March 1 application deadline date.
Applicants must be sophomores
who have maintained a 'B' grade
point average.
A student may apply even
though he may not be sure that
he is going to be able to partici-pate
in the program.
To obtain an application blank,
either see Dr. Jim Johnson, SPAN
advisor, or put a note in post of-fice
box number 60. Deadline for
application is March 1.
deeds or beat up the big kid who
had been picking on him."
Walter Gerson, assistant sociolo-gy
professor at the University who
has made a study of the American
comic book, reports that there is
a "trend in our society to the
super-hero." He predicted the show
should at least finish the year well
—"probably because there are so
many bad shows this year," he
said.
Well, here I am again at the beginning of a new semester. It's
almost like looking at the sun after a blizzard or coming up for a
breath of air after you've been swimming under water trying to see
how far you could go.
Last semester was tough. Not only from the class angle, but I
had those old feelings wondering about the "Lord's will' again. I guess
you know the struggle. Sometimes I think He's pushing me towards
Seminary. I just don't know.
Then there were those emotional pressures. I sure wish A
would let me know where I stand with her. It's on one day and off
the next, and I've really begun to appreciate her.
Well, I've been told to accept every circumstance of my life as
God's will, and part of "His plan " for me. But that s a whole lot
easier said than done. I wonder sometimes why He has to make it so
rough. He knows I've told Him I'd do anything He wanted me to. All
He has to do is show me. Seems to me that that showing could be
simpler.
The worst part about all this wondering and struggling is the fact
that the old H.P.R. has to suffer. If I go on to grad school, they'll look
pretty close at that.
Well, I said that this semester seems new and refreshing. The
pressures have eased a bit, at least temporarily. I'm starting to stick
my head out of my shell at least to see what's going on in the 'nother
world.
Thanks for your interest in me. I'll keep you posted on the events
of this semester. I can only look back on the one that's passed and
trust the old apostle Paul when he said that in everything God puts us
through He gradually conforms us to the image of Christ.
Your kid brother,
J
SPAN Staff Advisor Laments
Indifferent Student Response
or willingness to be an "active"
IN FLANDERS FIELD by Leon Wolff, Bal-part
of a political body. My an lantine Books, N. Y. 1964.
swer is to elect someone to rep- There is poetry in history. Few
resent me. Under such an ar- historians find it, and fewer still
rangement a more correct bases express it in their records.
for judging an "active" student Leon Wolff has found part of it
body would be the percentage when he writes,
voting at the polls. ���'... as he walked his heavy
Further, there seems to be a boots rasped against the rem-breakdown
in communication be- nants of rusty barbed wire and
tween the various segments of our occasionally jostled a helmet, or
political framework. The execu- a rifle barrel from which the
tive cabinet in NOT communicat- wood had long decayed.
ing adequately within its own "Only this, and sometimes the
members nor to the Senate of barking of his dog disturbed the
actions taken on its rulings. deathlike silence where once men
Neither is the Senate communi- had screamed in fear and agony
eating to the students what Senate amid the clatter of the guns."
is or is not accomplishing. Nor is In Flanders Field is written the
it actively seeking the desire of way history must be written — a
the students. balanced fusion of facts and feel-
The assumption is made that ings. Wolff has tried to convey
extreme efficiency is bad. Per- World War I as it impressed the
haps it is not the efficient oper-- mud-caked soldiers who sloshed
ation that is wrong but the con- through the shell holes on the
cept of the role of student gov- Belgian front, the commanders
ernment in a college community. who pondered maps and time tab-
If I may be so presumptuous, I les in tents far behind the lines,
suggest that our present concept the leaders, who, concerned for
of student government is "Mickey- their own careers, fretted anxious-
Mouse." It is fine for high school. ly in their diplomatic circles.
Proposed Hike in Tuition
Causes Students Anxiety
by Jonathan P. Larson
The recent tuition increase has predictably drawn a nega-tive
reaction from Bethel students.
One of Bethel's unique qualities has been her appeal to
the middle and low-middle income brackets. It seems that this
facet of Bethel is going to be slowly eliminated as college costs
increase. If college expenses double in the next decade, then
it is inevitable that Bethel, in order to maintain her operating
costs, will have to turn to higher income brackets for its
students. Or is she?
One answer to the problem is subsidy. There are two
alternatives to subsidy: 1. increased help from the Conference
churches and other religious groups, or 2. direct federal
aid to the college. The Conference has winced at the latter,
and it seems unfair that she also balks at giving more liberal-ly
to the acute needs here on campus.
The time is approaching when a choice of the alternatives
will have to be made. Indecision will mean either the dis-integration
of Bethel, or her reorientation towards other
circles.
Until some solution is formulated students will either
have to beg, borrow, or steal, or tighten their belts,
"scrounge" into their frayed pockets, and cross their fingers.
One question lingers in this writer's mind. Was the increas-ed
tuition proposal an act of faith? (For those who fail to
catch the significance of the last phrase, refer to Don Kling-berg).
Poetry Necessary For History
In Wolff's Human Look at War
Dinner is "wolfed down" and
books are forgotten, at least for
that half hour from 6:30-7:00 p.m.
as the dorm set vie for seats, many
coming early to see their latest
heroes "cruch" their way through
another adventure.
Student reaction has been var-ied,
however. Not all have respond-ed
with such blatant enthusiasm.
Some of the more astute view the
heroic adventures of the two de-fenders
of law and justice with
responses from "ish" to "juve-nile."
Why is Batman so popular?
Scott McNall, assistant sociology
The problem is a serious one and warrants urgent at- professor at the University of
tention. To ignore it is simply to be dishonest. Minnesota reported in the MIN-NESOTA
DAILY that there are
several reasons: The show i s
"camp," the plot is completely
unpredictable and the program
venerates the irrational and the
absurd.
—Camp' is something nostalgic
or so ugly that it is 'in,"' McNall
Wolff makes 200,000 casualties dents to mix with students from
men of flesh and blood. That is colleges and universities other
the poetry in history. than Bethel. Applications for the
Batman Attracts Campus Following;
Is 'Camp' Among College Community
cataa aid leceeed
Gisele Mackenzie and Leonard Graves will play the leading roles
in the upcoming St. Paul Civic Opera production of The King and I.
This Rodgers and Hammerstein classic will play March 7, through March
12, at the St. Paul Auditorium Theater.
Bethel students interested in attending performances on March 7,
10, or the matinee on the 13th should place a note in P.O. Box 19 soon.
Tickets are also available through Dayton's and the Field-Schlick ticket
office.
Tomorrow night the University Artist's Celebrity Series will
present the world-famous Rumanian Folk Ballet and Folk Orchestra
in Northrop Auditorium at 8:30 p.m.
Friday night in the Twin Cities features the University of Minnesota
Concert Band in a unique program including a saxophone concerto.
Vincent J. Abato is the solo artist for the evening, playing music
written especially for him by Paul Creston and a medley from Porgy and
Bess. The program will be at 8:00 p.m. in Northrop Auditorium.
The Physicists by Friedrich Duerrenmatt is now playing at the
Theatre St. Paul today through Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
One drama not to be missed is ORPHEUS DESCENDING by
Tenessee Williams. It is at the Eastside Theater with performances
beginning at 8:30 each evening.
Robert Clark Nelson's paintings can still be seen this week at the
Suzanne Kohn Gallery.
A complete performance of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" will be
presented in Northrop Memorial Auditorium on Friday, March 4, at
8:30 p.m. This outstanding production is a joint effort by the University
of Minnesota's Department of Music, the Union Board of Governors,
and the Department of Concerts and Lectures.
This will be the first time the University's Music Department
has undertaken a major presentation of this scope. It is, also, the
first time this attraction will be performed complete with music,
costumes, stage settings, and original dance.
Mail orders for tickets are now being accepted by the University
Artists' Course ticket office, 105 Northrop Memorial Auditorium.
Bethel Love Life Authority Recalls
Campus As 'Happy . Hunting Ground'
The following article written by Miss Nelson
appeared in the Faculty Journal of Feb., 1961. It
is still a timely subject, based upon the author's
views as Dean of Women during her tenure at
Bethel College.
by Miss Effie V. Nelson
To be known as an authority on the subject
love life on the Bethel Campus is a humbling exper-ience
and one which carries great responsibilities.
Let it be understood that the vast amount of informa-tion
has been gained by observation and scientific
research not by personal experience.
The Bethel campus seems to be a natural habitat
for those who love one another, and one of Bethel's
aims as an institution interested in higher education
is to furnish a "happy hunting ground" for modern
youth.
In a careful study of data collected between the
years 1925-1961 the following classification becomes
evident: 1. The Starry-eyed Dreamer Type. These
lovers gaze adoringly into each other's eyes as they
dream—always and everywhere. In a follow-up survey
it has been discovered that they now see stars of
much greater brilliance and that the "sweet nothings"
which they have whispered on the campus air really
are nothing.
2. The Purse-bearer Type. The tall, handsome
youth is brave enough and strong to carry "lillums"
heavy purse. After the wedding "lillums" is strong
enough to carry her own purse as well as his, and she
holds the pursestrings "ever after".
3. The Campus-leaders. The Bethel Student Sen-ate
has a motto: "Every Student a Leader." There
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When the house lights go down
on a concert today, reports TIME,
The Weekly Newsmagazine, it is
often the audience that strikes up
the overture. It is a kind of barn-yard
symphonette.
The Hummer and the Time
Beater serve as the rhythm sec-tion.
The Cellophane Crinkler and
the Program Rattler handle the
solos.
In the percussion section, the
principal performers are the Brace-let
Jangler and the Premature
Clapper.
Special effects are contributed
by the Knuckle Cracker and the
Watch Winder.
The Coughers' Chorale is di-rected
by the Dry-Throated, Red-
Nosed Hacker, whose feeblest
lead always gets a resounding
antiphonal response.
The entire performance is chor-eographed
by Figeter, produced
and upstaged by that notorious
team of Latecomer and Earlyleav-er.
To teach latecomers a lesson,
Stokowski once had his musicians
wander idly off-and-onstage while
playing a Mozart symphony. An-other
time he turned to the audi-ence
and conducted the coughers:
"All right, cough!" he commanded.
"I want a rhythmic cough! Make
it louder!"
Classical guitarist Adres Seg-ovia
recently stopped a perfor-mance
in Chicago, whipped out
an enormous handkerchief, and
honked and wheezed along with
the audience.
Jascha Heifetz prefers the with-ering
glare or, if things get too
bad, departure.
The late Sir Thomas Beecham
was even less subtle, once whirled
on the podium and roared: "Shut
up, you fools!"
As for the dreaded cellophane
crinkler, critics recommend that
mute fruit—something nice and
quiet like bananas—should be
sold at intermissions instead of
candy.
Conductor Eugene Ormandy, who
has been jolted from his sleep
Wednesday, February 23, 1966
by a radiator whistling off-key,
recently requested that women
check their dangly bracelets before
entering the concert hall. It would
not be so bad, reports NEW YORK
TIMES critic Harold Schonberg, if
"all the bracelets weren't dif-ferently
pitched."
Schonberg is also bugged by
serious types who lug music scores
to the performance. They turn
their pages in unison and sound
"like a bunch of locusts going
through a wheatfield."
To help separate himself from
such extraneous noises, one Man-hattan
concertgoer cups two
programs to his ears.
The audience-participation show,
suggests Metropolitan Opera Di-rector
Rudolph Bing, is the result
of "a general deterioration of
manners everywhere, spurred by
the Beatles and similar creatures."
He should know. Met audiences of-ten
seem better suited for Ringo
than Rossini.
Eric Borgeson
by Barb Rood
Honored at the annual Founders
Week Smorgasbord on Monday
evening were Effie V. Nelson and
Eric Borgeson who are retiring
at the end of this academic year.
In addition to receiving gifts as
tokens of recognition for their
service on the campus, each one
also received a volume of letters
from those whose lives have been
especially enriched by their con-tributions.
Miss Nelson, as a member of the
faculty for 41 years, has seen
Bethel through its growth stages
from academy to junior and now
senior college.
A versatile individual, Miss Nel-son
has taught German, English,
history, mathematics, social prob-lems,
and physical education.
She was also librarian for 17
years. She has been Dean of Wo-men
since 1937.
A. J. Wingblade, then principal
of the Academy, was instrumental
in interesting Miss Nelson in
teaching at Bethel. When he ap-proached
her concerning teaching,
she had already applied at a school
in Iowa and was about ready to
sign a contract.
However, she felt that the Lord
was definitely leading her to
Bethel, so she came sight unseen.
In recalling the many students
with whom she has worked, Miss
Nelson stated that students then
and now are much the same. How-ever,
she did say that students now
are more inclined to express their
feelings openly.
Another member of the Bethel
community who has also endeared
himself to students and faculty
alike is Eric Borgeson.
Coming to Bethel in 1942 from
the Emerald Avenue Baptist
Church in Chicago where he serv-ed
as custodian, Eric has been in-volved
in custodial service and
supervision, boiler engineering,
and many other duties.
Students remember him parti-cularly
as the valiant protector of
Bethel's flowers and lawn. Al-though
Eric has made no definite
plans after retirement, he said
that he will probably continue to
come back and visit campus to
care for his flowers.
One of the most humorous inci-dents
that Eric recalls is a pro-
Effie V. Nelson
mise that he made to a student
to save some work for him. Eric
recalled this promise early one
moring when it was ten below zero
with blowing snow.
He went to the Student's room
and got him out of bed. The sleepy
student told Eric that he liked
work but not that well!
One thing that he enjoys about
students is their friendliness. He
also feels that students are more
carefree and don't feel the finan-cial
pressures that their parents
felt.
He also enjoys meeting second-generation
students whose parents
were part of the campus commun-ity
years ago.
Who could forget these two cam-pus
personalities? Certainly all
will remember Miss Nelson's witty
chapel talks and Eric's love for
flowers and people.
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Performers in Audience
Dominate Many Concerts
Two Retiring Campus Personalities
Recieve Honors, Gifts of Gratitude
are many who would lead each other up the steps,
down the steps, down the hall, and into chapel where
they continue to hold hands. This type causes much
frustration on the part of observers as no one can
determine who is leading whom.
4. The Puppy-love Type. These are the ever-present
cuddlers who inhabit the lounges, who occupy only
one-half of a car seat, and who make any spot on
the campus a "mushing" area. This type proves the
old saying that "puppy love leads to a dog's life."
Think of being separated from a leash only by death.
5. The Crooner Type. This singing sobster is
a forerunner of Elvis and cannot be separated from
his "musical instrument". When he sings "I've got
love and a dime," it is obvious that he overestimates
his financial holdings. Whenever one is subjected
to his nasal whine the thought comes that the poor
campus wolf is no doubt in a rap from which he will
never escape.
6. The "Moon-light Gambler" Type. This type
furnishes the main reason for locking all classrooms
and offices each evening.
7. The Model-T-Lover (forerunner of the 1961
model). The Bethel Field House stands where one
Bethel couple celebrated many a field-day in an old
Model T. The car still had four wheels but no tires,
and, of course, it was air-conditioned. Love could
never have been and never will be grander in a new
Falcon.
8. The Sputnik Type—(space-travelers). This type
has no regard for time or place. They return to the
dormitory and bring with them such "fuzzy" excuses
as they have gathered on their soaring expiditions:
1. "My Watch stopped." What a
timely tale!
2. "We ran out of gas." Too bad
a car can't run on hot air as
there must have been plenty of
that.
3. "We got lost in Como Park."
No one could doubt that story as
they could get lost on the campus.
4. "We got a traffic ticket for
speeding just because we were
trying to get back to the dormi-tory
in time." Ahem!
5. "We had a flat tire." This
tale falls as flat in 1961 as it did
in 1930.
6. "We went canoeing, and while
we were in the middle of the lake
we lost one paddle so we could
only go in circles." Is it possible
that they are still going in circles?
9. The Ideal-lover Type. Yes,
there is such a type. These lovers
maintain high standards of ethics
and scholarship. They never make
public clemon4txations of their
love for one another. They return
to the dormitories on time.
Conclusion! 1. Love-life on the
Bethel Campus in 1961 is much
the same as it was in 1925.
2. The prediction of the author
is that the future love activities
will be as interesting as the past
have been.
3. What about long-range plan-ning?
Whether the campus is on
North Snelling or in the Arden
Hills Area, the faculty must con-tinue
to look, to listen, and "to
suffer long and be kind."
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Leroy Nelson, Bethel heavyweight wrestler, applies the finishing
touches, pinning his opponent in Saturday's loss to University of Min-nesota
Morris, 22-15.
Debaters Attend Tourney,
Anticipate Coming Meets
On Feruary 18 and 19, the Var- Even the wildest debate enthu-sity
Debate Team competed at Eau siast at the Eau Claire Tourn-
Claire, Wisconsin. ament would have to admit that
One team, Sharon Larson and the best part of the tournament
Tim Williams, debated negative was the mammoth and mouth-twice
on Friday night and affirm- watering smorgasbord dinner
ative three times on Saturday prepared for the debaters.
morning. The other team, Dave After this enjoyable dinner, the
Nydegger and Kathy Harvie, debat- debaters listened to the finalists
ed affirmative twice on Friday of the contests in original oratory
afternoon and negative three times speaking, after dinner speeches,
on Saturday morning. creative reading, and extempora-neous
speaking.
Sharon Larson and Tim Williams
again produced a fine record of
4 wins, 1 loss in competition a-gainst
schools such as Creighton
University, Wisconsin State Uni-versity
of Whitewater, and St. Olaf
College.
Their total win-loss average
for this year now stands at 30
wins and 8 losses, which is an
exceptional average for a debate
team.
Dave Nydegger and Kathie Har-vie
jumped from Junior Varsity
debating into rougher Varsity
competition and won 3 rounds,
losing 2. In the last 16 rounds
Dave and Kathy have won 14 of
their debates.
Tim and Sharon will be Bethel's
debate representatives in the fu-ture
at the tough Nebraska Tourn-ament
and even tougher St. Thom-as
Tournament.
An advisor's luncheon was held
in the Bethel College President's
Dining Room on Saturday.
Mrs. Robert Nelson, Bethel fa-culty
wife, designed a woodcut of
"The Bear" for the cover of the
program listing events of the con-ference.
contention was that mixed blood
was a source of redemption.
Bethel College and Hamline
University were co-sponsors of
this year's convention. Other
participating schools were Mac-alester,
St. Mary's, Augsburg,
St. Scholastica, St. Theresa, Gus-tavus
Adolphus, St. Thomas,
Concordia, St. John's, St. Bene-dict,
and St. Catherine.
Seminar Discusses Faulkner
Last Saturday the University of
Minnesota Morris beat the Bethel
Royal's wrestling squad 22-15. All
fifteen of Bethel's tallies came as
the result of pins.
The Royals put up a gallant ef-fort,
considering the fact that the
Cougars downed St. Thomas, at
whose hands Bethel suffered a
23-13 setback, 22-8 earlier in the
season.
Ron Harris at 137 pounds pin-ned
his man with 3 seconds to
go in the second period. Paul
Anderson pinned his man in the
160 pound class with 1 second
to go in the first period. In the
heavyweight division, Leroy Nel-son
won by a pin in the second
period.
Curt Johnson at 123 pounds
fought his man even in the first
period, but succumbed to a pin
in the second. At 130 pounds,
Denny Nyholm gave it a good
try but came up on the short
end of an 11-2 score.
Mike Warring, 145 pounds, wre-tled
a very close match but just
could not escape his Morris oppo-nent
and lost 3-2. Dan Wilson
lost his match to Morris' aggres-sive
152 pound man, 9-0.
At 167 pounds, Dave Moss,
who has been wrestling for about
one week, managed to keep free
for a couple of minutes but fell
to a pin in the first period.
Bruce Armstrong at 177 pounds
kept moving and trying for the
nine minutes of the match but
could not get away from his man
and lost 8-1.
Bethel's next and last home
match is against St. Paul Bible
College this Friday at 4:00 p.m.
cont'd from page one
presentation was that the Negro
woman in Faulkner's works is the
source of stability in Negro so-ciety.
He also suggested her as a
means of communication between
the Negro and white.
Robert Monroe, Karen Sloan
and Mae Toedter analyzed the
subject "Was Ike a Hero?" The
life of Isaac MsCaslin, the main
figure in THE BEAR, was sum-marized.
Ike's heroic qualities, portrayed
in his hunting experiences as a
boy, were first pointed out. Also
discussed were his choice to re-pudiate
his rightful heritage when
he reached legal age because of
his conviction that he would be
perpetrating a curse if he accepted
it, and the seeming ineffective-ness
of his old age.
Isaac was compared to the Bib-lical
Isaac, and was also suggested
as a symbol of Christ in that he
was rejected by his own people.
Robert Baustian read a paper,
"Significance of Mixed Blood in
Go Down Moses," a subject he had
studied with Barbara Rood. Their
Wednesday, February 23, 1966
The ancient Bible Lands, once
traversed only by camel, donkey,
and foot, are the spring destina-tion
of a tour group conducted by
Dr. Ronald Youngblood of Bethel
Seminary.
The span of two thousand years
between those ancient days and
1966 will be mainly visible as Dr.
Youngblood's group proceeds not
on camelback or foot, but by the
modern bus, train, and airplane.
Having studied intensively the
language and history of the Bi-ble
lands, Dr. Youngblood is a
most capable tour guide. Present-ly
Associate Professor of Old
Testament Languages in t h e
Seminary, he conducted a simi-lar
Holy Land tour two yeatTs
ago this spring.
The 1966 tour, extending from
May 26 to June 16, will include
five Middle Eastern countries:
Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and
Israel, and the Lower Mediter-rannean
nation of Greece.
Some highlights of the trip will
include Egypt's Gizeh Pyramids,
the Pharoahs' Tombs near Thebes,
the city of Cairo, the Roman Acro-polis
at Baalbek, and the old city
of Damascus containing the House
of Ananias and St. Paul's Window
from which the Apostle Paul was
lowered in a basket.
Sunday, June 5, will find the
travelers at the Dead Sea and
by Beccie Beek
After spending a week in Wash-ington,
D.C., three students are
titting reality again as they try
to resume the routine of classes,
studying, and sub-zero weather.
John Tegenfeldt, Leonard John-son,
and Beccie Beek last week
attended the Washington seminar
on federal service sponsored by
the National Association of Evan-gelicals.
They were among 130
other students from various col-leges
similar to Bethel.
The major purpose of the semi-nar
was to provide an oppor-tunity
to observe the federal
government in action and to be-come
acquainted with the oppor-tunities
for professional service
in government agencies.
The Conference also strove to
relate Christian and political ethics
by showing ways in which Chris-tians
could be a witness in public
service. There was also an oppor-tunity
to see places of cultural
and historical interest.
Those attending had the priv-ilege
of staying for three days at
the home of Dr. Walfred Peterson,
former political science professor
at Bethel, now serving in the
Baptist Joint Committee on Public
Affairs in Washington, D.C. They
also found worthwhile the insights
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the Essene village of Qumran
which is near the Dead Sea
Scroll caves. Following lunch
the group will proceed to the
traditional site of Jesus' baptism
in the Jordan River.
Continuing through J e r i c h o,
which is possibly the oldest known
constantly inhabited city in the
world, the group heads toward
Jerusalem via the Good Samaritan
Inn, the Tomb of Lazarus, and the
site of the house of Mary and
Martha.
In Jerusalem alone the impor-tant
sites are numerous. Tourists
will want to be sure to see the
Palestine Archeological Museum,
the Palace and Judgment Hall of
Pontius Pilate, the traditional
Tomb of Christ, the Garden of
Gethsemane just outside the city's
wall, and to walk with pilgrim's
along the Via Dolorosa.
A veteran of the 1964 tour,
Dick Ivance, a senior at Bethel,
comments that the trip "made
the Bible come alive for me."
It also "broadened my experi-ence"
and "introduced me to my
future wife." Dick is planning
to marry this summer.
More detailed information pam-phlets
on the trip may be availa-ble
through Dr. Youngblood.
he gave them into the political
structure of federal government,
and also appreciated the time he
spent showing different sights in
Washington.
During the daily seminar ses-sions
the different branches of
national government were view-ed
first hand. Study of the legis-lative
branch included listening
to Senate and House Committee
hearings, seeing the Senate and
House in action, interviewing
legislators, and visiting the Li-brary
of Congress.
Examining the judiciary branch
included a visit to the Supreme
Court and hearing the well-known
Justice Byron "Whizzer" White.
In the executive branch those
attending saw numerous adminis-trative
departments and agencies,
the executive office of the Presi-dent,
the State Department, and
the Civil Service Comission.
Time was also allowed for
personal interests such as visit-one's
own Congressman, seeing
the highlights of the Capitol
City and making and developing
new acquaintances.
The entire trip was interesting,
exciting, and educational. A word
of thanks goes to the History and
Political Science Departments for
helping to make the trip possible.
Royal Matmen Succumb to Morris,
Wrestle Final Season Meet Friday
Trip Includes Middle East by Jim Brand
Professor Directs Tour;
Students. Visit Washington D.C.,
Attend Federal Service Seminar
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by Tom Coniel
"It's one of the toughest ball
games we've ever lost. It's no
shame to lose to those boys."
These were the post-game com-ments
of Coach Noel Olson after
his University of Minnesota Mor-ris
Cougars succumbed to the
Bethel Royals 89-83. The annual
Parents' Night game pitted the
state's two highest scoring quin-tets
before another near capacity
fieldhouse crowd.
Coach Healy's cagers grabbed
an early 10-2 lead after three
minutes of play. The Cougars,
however, outscored the Royals
22-13 in the next seven minutes
to lead 24-23.
Two factors contributed to this
change of hands — the absence of
foul-laden Ron Pederson, and the
13 points of UMM's Doug MacAver.
Sixth man Bob Nolin kept the
Royals apace with 8 points and
great hustle. Morris nevertheless
led 48-45 at halftime on the
strength of its 52% shooting as
compared to Bethel's 41%.
Pederson, who scored 21 of
his 30 points in the second half,
and Bob Nolin boosted Bethel to
a 58-58 knot at 13:24. Captain
Moulton promptly delivered two
hitch free throws to give his
team a permanent lead at 13:04.
UMM gallantly battled and re-mained
within one bucket, 83-81,
with 3:56 to play. Subsequent
scoring read Pederson-MacAver-
Pederson to put the home team
ahead 87-83 at 1:34.
The alert Royals then made sev-eral
thefts, but were unable to
put the game on ice. But depend-able
Dave Bjorkland's two gift
tosses put the game out of reach
at 89-83 with 10 seconds remain-ing.
In reviewing the game, Coach
Olson thought there was "no
turning point, just fantastic
shooting by Bethel." He had ref-erence,
of course, to the second
half in which his team trailed
51% to 39% percentage-wise.
Several other key factors led to
a home court victory. First, Ron
Pederson's 14 rebounds and 30
points. (In the process he broke
Don Moore's season rebounding
record of 281.)
After playing outside on offense
the first half, Ron shifted to a
high post the second half. With
the aid of Moulton's deadly out-side
shooting, Ron maneuvered for
21 second half tallies.
A second key factor was Jerry
Moulton's superb defensive job
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on UMM's Wayne Brabender, a
24-point per game marksman. In
addition the captain scored 21
points, mostly from his favorite
corner.
Probably the biggest single key
factor was the play of Nolin. He
scored 16 points, all clutch bas-kets,
and generally sparked his
teammates with his great hustle.
It was probably Bob's finest effort
as a Royal eager.
On February 10, the Bethel wo-men's
basketball team played Fair-view
Hospital winning handily by
a score of 39-24.
The game began with even scor-ing
in the first half, but in the
third quarter, Bethel raced ahead
doubling the score 36-17. Bethel
held Fairview down to win the
game.
Barb Lindman was high scorer
with 20 points making 15 points
in the third quarter.
Bethel capped a three game win-ning
streak February 12, by win-ning
against St. Paul Bible Col-
However, probably the best way
to sum up the factors came in
the words of Jerry Moulton, "It
was the best team effort I've play
ed with — 100% effective."
Doug MacAver led all scorers
with 34 and was followed by 6'5"
Roger Schuaser with 23, and Jim
Drealan and Brabender with 10
apiece. In addition to Pederson's
30, Moulton's 21, and Nolin's 16,
Dave Bjorkland netted 15.
lege 38-24. Again the half-time
score was close but Bethel streng-thened
her lead to win.
On February 15, Bethel lost to
Augsburg by 53-33. The first half
was marked by close scores and
good, fast ball handling by both
teams.
The second half, Bethel slow-ed
down and Augsburg contin-ued
their lead to win by 20
points.
Bethel's current record is 8-4.
The last two home games are
against Gustavus Adolphus, Febru-ary
19, and Northwestern, March
1.
by GrampaYohnson
Well, children, time again for Daddy to talk to you about school
spirit. Not the same old line, mind you, because, my children, in the
Bethel family, you have finally come of age.
That was absolutely grand Saturday evening. There were even
roars of approval to make the rafters ring during the wrestling match!
Then during that basketball game—had to even turn down my hearing
aid it got so loud. But that noise was sheer bliss to this old champion
of school spirit.
Never have I seen so many people stacked into that old self-contained
basketball world called the fieldhouse, except during
Founders' Week. But then we sort of pad the numbers with 1000 or
so visitors. I was afraid the walls would fall down with all that
shouting—just like good friend Joshua.
I guess there are hosts of people to thank for contributions. Friend
Whitinger does a great job with that band of his. You know, he even
was in there leading cheers, pounding on that brass drum himself.
Then those dear little cheerleaders.
I almost feel sorry for those poor souls as they fling themselves
out on that floor and yell at the top of their lyric soprano voices,
T-EI-A-M, etc., then jump up into the air, split their legs, and come
flown — hard — owch! My arthritic joints ache every time I watch.
Such devotion to duty is above and beyond the call.
Not least to mention are those great teams. They put their heads
and hearts on the line last Saturday. The wrestling team put up a
great fight against Morris. Special congratulations go to Bruce Arm-strong.
Not everybody had to wrestle a "guerilla-man."
Then there was the basketball team. Such an exciting display of
competitive spirit has characterized the Royals this year. The spirit
of the Royal lion growled again at the Cougars Saturday night.
Well, tomorrow the valiant cagers meet Valley City in the annual
Founders' Week game. I've been around these parts for years, mind
you, and I want you to show those alumni that Bethel spirit just "ain't
what it used to be." It's beyond all comparison. Rattle the rafters
gang!
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Women Defeat Fairview,
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Volume XLI—No. 15 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Wednesday, February 23, 1966
Dr. Carl Lundquist, president of Bethel College and Seminary, in a
chapel presentation last week explained the financial plight of the col-lege
necessitating the $200 tuition increase for the coming academic
year.
Faculty Entertains Alumni
At Evening Coffee Hours
SPIRE Staff is working feverishly, burning much midnight oil as they
prepare to meet their February 28 deadline.
Bethel Office Proclaims
$200 Increase In Tuition
Last week's announcement of a $200 increase in college tuition
marked the end of a period of misunderstanding and uncertainty. Dean
Webster Muck was present at the Student Senate meeting February
14, to brief senators and other campus leaders on the meaning of the
increase.
The formal announcement was made by Dr. Carl Lundquist in a
Wednesday convocation wherein the President reviewed the overall
budget and explained present financial problems at Bethel.
At this meeting with the Senate, Dean Muck indicated that the
extra revenues will be needed for 1. extra student services due to the
increased campus population, 2. more extensive maintenance of campus
buildings and grounds, 3. a 4% increase in staff salaries, 4. general
campus administration, 5. extension of public affairs activities, 6. addi-tion
of several faculty instructors, and 7. repayment of loans from thi
Baptist General Conference.
Dean Muck made it clear that revenues from the increased tuition
will not be used for capital investment on the Arden Hills site. He
added that even in view of the increased costs, Bethel will still
maintain its status as the least expensive liberal arts college in the
Twin City vicinity.
During his convocation presentation, Dr. Lundquist maintained that
the increased tuition should not eliminate any students from the campus.
He expressed assurance that personal sudent needs will be sufficiently
met by expanded financial aid.
the piano in the fieldhouse after
the Wednesday evening rally.
This year's coffee fellowship is
a ni-arl r:fe from the traditional
Founders' Week practice of having
a coffee hour on three separate
nights in the Bodien Lounge.
According to Dwight Jessup of the
Public Relations Department, this
change has been made to encour-age
a more personal atmosphere
among participating alumni and
professors.
Busy Spire editors are facing the
pressure of deadline time as they
prepare the final shipment of year-book
copy for mailing to the print-ers.
One hundred pages of ma-terial
is due to Taylor Publishing
Company, Dallas, Texas, by Mon-day,
February 28, according to
Dave Snyder and Kay Moir, co-editors.
The bulk of material now being
completed is that illustrating
Council Offers
Summer Posts
Minnesota Council for Education
in Politics is sponsoring a summer
internship program for interested
college students. Two students
from Minnesota colleges will be
selected to serve as interns with
each of the major political parties
at their Twin Cities headquarters.
Stipends of $700 will be paid to
participating students for the dur-ation
of their internship. Non-residents
of the Twin Cities will be
paid $900.
Similar programs are institu-ted
for Minnesota college stu-dents
to serve as interns with
legislative candidates from the
Republican and Democratic part-ies
and as observers at the Min-nesota
state conventions.
The two students serving as in-terns
with each party's legislative
candidates will be paid $200 for
the three-month period of work.
The eight students selected to at-tend
each party's convention will
be paid stipends of $50 for the 4-
day period.
The expenses of the program are
covered by the National Center for
Education in Politics and the Min-nesota
parties. Students complet-ing
their junior years are prefer-red,
though others are eligible.
For the Twin Cities' head-quarter
program, application and
the three required recommenda-tions
must be in by May 15. Fin-alists
will be interviewed per-sonally
and notified of their se-lection
on June 1.
The convention internship ap-plications
and recommendations
deadline is April 1, and intern se-lections
are notified by April 15.
Legislative candidate applica-tions
and recommendations are to
be in by May 1, and those selected
will be notified by June 15. Mr.
Franklin has application blanks
and answers to any questions con-cerning
the program.
The program is an excellent op-portunity
to become involved in
politics in a practical way. Larry
Houk, of Bethel College, was in
the program last summer.
by Mae Toedter
The Bethel English Department
actively participated in the elev-enth
annual English Conference
held Friday and Saturday, Febru-ary
18 and 19 at Hamline Univer-sity.
The works of William Faulkner
were the subject of discussion,
with main focus on Faulkner's The
Bear. Each school chose in addi-tion
another of Faulkner's works
to study and presented the find-ings
of their studies in discussion
groups. Bethel chose Go Down
Moses, a compilation of short stor-ies
of which The Bear is one.
Mr. Chris Weintz, chairman of
Bethel's English Department
presided at the annual dinner
presenting the speaker, Dr. A.
W. Plumstead from the Univer-sity
of Minnesota.
In his speech, "Rip Van Winkle
Goes South" Dr. Plumstead dealt
with time as a theme and tech-nique.
He suggested that many
American authors, including Wil-liam
Faulkner, show conflicting
Following the evening Founders'
Week service on Wednesday, Feb-ruary
23, there will be coffee
fellowship for Seminary alumni in
homes of present Bethel Seminary
professors.
Alumni graduating before 1951
will be hosted by the following
professors: 1900 to 1939 by Anton
Pearson, 1663 Van Buren; 1940 to
1945 by Alphin Conrad, 1424 Ar-ona
Street; 1946 to 1950 by Reuben
Omark, 1366 W. Iowa.
Alumni graduating in 1951 or
later will meet in these faculty
homes: 1951 to 1955, Clifford An-derson,
1804 Venus Avenue; 1956
to 1960, Virgil Olson, 1520 N.
Snelling; 1961 to 1965, Ronald
Youngblood, 1191 Carlton Drive.
Those who need transportation
or directions should meet near
concepts of time in their works.
His discussion presented three as-pects
of time: linear, psychologi-cal
and divine.
In the first category, he sug-gested
the conflict of the concept
that time is money and the hand-maiden
of progress, that the past
is dead, with the idea that there
are certain universal truths, that
one needs to look to the past for
ideals, that the past is ever with
us.
On the second level he sug-gested
the mythical time of in-nocence
as seen in Thoreau's
WALDEN and Twain's HUCK-LEBERRY
FINN in contrast
with time as a growth in know-ledge
in Faulkner's THE BEAR.
Finally, Dr. Plumstead directed
his attention to writer's involve-ment
in the subject of divine time:
free will against fate.
David Sprague of Bethel pre-sented
a paper entitled "Faulk-ner's
Portrait of the Negro in Go
Down Moses." The thesis of his
cont'd on page five
Special Mixer
Follows Game
Bethel "social action" Saturday,
February 26, moves immediately
from the Fieldhouse gymnasium
and the 8:00 p.m. Bethel-Ellendale
game to Bodien Dining Hall where
Edgren and Bodien dormitory
councils are sponsoring a post-game
mixer for all students.
The affair will begin with games
for a half-hour followed by an
hour-long program. Skits will be
featured, along with music by
Bethel's now-famous folksinging
duo, the Cumberland Singers, "Tuf-fy"
Bryant and Dick Fredrickson.
Rick Welch is emcee for the pro-gram.
Refreshments after the program
will be "strictly self-service, eat-all-
you-want" sundaes, for which
students will choose their desired
combinations of fudge, butter-scotch,
strawberry, and other as-sorted
sauces, nuts, whipped cream,
and the famous maraschino cherry.
Admissnon fee for the mixer is
35c per person.
events of the school year at Bethel.
Section editors most involved
in the final preparations are El-len
Franzen, Organizations, Bob
Monroe, Academics and Admin-istration,
and Dave Frenchak,
Seminary. Co-editors Moir and
Snyder are handling the Student
Life section.
This year's Spire emphasizes stu-dent
life primarily through the
use of more candid photos. Getting
Bethel's total projected budget
for 1966-67 now stands at
$2,354,840. This is a 15.9% in-crease
over this year's budget of
$2,031,135. The increased college
costs are paralleled by a proposed
for a 13% increase in seminary
expenses.
Concerning federal aid, no
definite statement was made by
either administration or in the
recent budget report. Neverthe-less
the following statement
from the budget report seems
to be a veiled reference to this
controversial source of finances.
"A more intense cultivation of
non-conference sources of income
will probably result — although
heavy reliance on current funds
from this source should be avoided
in light of total purposes of the
school."
The Bethel complex (college and
seminary) has run a deficit suc-cessively
for the last three years.
The overall drive for an expanded
budget is an effort to liquidate
those deficits and assume a footing
for the projected move of the col-lege
to the Arden Hills site.
a large number of these has kept
chief photographer Hans Walden-strom
busier than ever recently.
With both candid shots and
group organization photographs,
he has been assisted by freshman
John Hopkins. Amateur "photogs"
among the student body have also
contributed some pictures.
Copy and photos for the Ad-vertisement
section will also be
shipped to Dallas on the 28th.
School organizations and nearby
businesses are presently being
contacted about advertising in
the book.
The projected distribution date
for the Spire this year is May 10
at the All-School Banquet.
DEAN LARSON MOVES
TO SEMINARY
Public announcement was made
Monday morning in chapel of Dean
Clifford Larson's decision to leave
his position as academic dean next
autumn. He will then become pro-fessor
of religious education at
Bethel Seminary.
Faculty members met Monday to
choose three representatives who
will join with three members of
the Board of Education in nomi-nating
candidates to replace Dean
Larson.
A full story will appear in next
week's CLARION.
Bethel English Students
Attend Local Conference
Staff Assembles SPIRE Contents
As Final Yearbook Deadline Nears
Student Examines American Policies
Contradicting Far-Eastern Viewpoint
The following article is based largely upon, the
author's observation gained from his life as a
missionaries' son in India.
by Jonathan P. Larson
There is a quaint story in Greek mythology of
a god, Procrustes, who had a strange practice of
tying people to a bed frame. Those who were too
short to fit, he stretched, and those who were un-lucky
enough to be too long, he cut off. The bed
frame was the standard.
The history of American relations with the Far
East is neither long nor illustrious. There has been
an acute if suppressed clash between Oriental and
American culture (maybe complex would be a better
term). Americans have inadvertently developed this
complex parallel to their political, economic, and
military power.
It is this complex which has so thoroughly
frustrated our ties with the Oriental world. Americans
by Bruce Lawson
Saigon
In response to a recent Western
contract, the North Vietnamese
leadership indicated this week
that it has no intentions of adopt-ing
a more flexible attitude toward
peace negotiations with the United
States.
According to Hanoi's propaganda,
the leadership is convinced that
American public opinion will even-tually
force Washington to favor-able
terms if the Viet Cong suc-cessfully
wage a protracted war.
Budapest
Large numbers of people were
arrested last week on the charge
of "conspiratorial plans to over-throw
the government 'with help
from the West."
According to Nepszabadsag, the
majority of those arrested were
political criminals who had been
arrested after the abortive 1956
revolution and released under a
general amnesty in 1963.
Miami Beach
The maritime branch of the
AFL-CIO has served notice for
President Johnson to persuade al-lies
to stop trade with North Viet
Nam or have their ships boycotted
in American ports. The boycott
will affect ships from Great Bri-tain,
France, Italy, Norway, Swe-den,
Greece and the United Arab
Republic.
Canberra
Vice President Hubert Hum-phrey
met the first hostile dem-onstrations
of his tour when
approximately 150 anti-Viet Nam
war pickets surged toward his
car in Canberra. Pickets came
from as far as 450 miles for
the demonstration.
have ceased to be pioneers of their manifest destiny
and are now strongly asserting themselves as the
moral and cultural gods of the world.
For example, the Far East has a heritage of
kinship societies, a part of which is filial piety. In
these societies there is little concept of democracy
or popular concensus.
The elder rules as an absolute (If I may para-phrase
from Louis XIV 'L'etat c'est it'). Naturally
from this seed bed have sprung various types of
dictatorial governments — absolute monarchies, ex-clusive
oligarchies, et cetera, et cetera.
But Americans have taken it upon themselves
to be the champions of individual rights. So with
the flood of American dollars also comes subtle
pressure for representative systems of government.
Desiring to avoid embarassment, the Oriental leaders
acquiesce, and systems are hastily thrown up in
compliance with American pressures.
Once the legislatures, assem-blies,
councils, and cabinets have
been established, they immediate-ly
begin to crumble. Why? In their
frustration to identify with ,a lead-er,
the public naturally chooses
the president or prime minister.
The checks and balances of the
legislature become meaningless.
To circumvent these councils
and assemblies which are foreign
to them, the public uses blackmail,
vice, and bribery. Inevitably, the
system grinds to a halt whereupon
a coup is promptly executed, and
a more natural state is established.
This piques American diplomats
no end, and there the conflict
sets in.
The conflict within every Orien-tal
is the desire for American
wealth pitted against a personal
drive to identify with an absolute
leader. The conflict within the
American is the desire to be want-ed
(offering his dollars) and a
naive compulsion to propagate his
form of government.
Believe it or not, American
wealth is something far more tran-sient
than the Oriental nature,
and in a open confrontation be-tween
the two, the American dol-lar,
and the liapier mache govern-ments
that come with it, are
bound to disintegrate. When Amer-ican
wealth is gone, American
compulsions to play god will go as
well.
The tragic end to our Greek
myth—PIro crustes was stretched
upon his own bed, and there killed
by Theseus.
Is America the standard?
Chapel Outlook
Several interesting chapel pro-grams
will be coming up the first
week in March.
They include an Inter-Collegiate
Band Concert on Thursday, March
3. March 4 will be a senior testi-mony
given by Bill Madsen.
February 28 and March 1, Don
Botsford from Camp Forest Home
in Forest Home California will be
in the Coffee Shop for interviews.
These interviews will pertain to
summer jobs offered to college
students at the camp. Mr. Botsford
will be the speaker at chapel on
March 1.
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Mae Toedter
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_ Hans Waldenstrom
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Los Angeles
Asian flu continues to rampage
in California, Alaska and five
Eastern states. Hardest hit was
Los Angeles where 400,000 stu-dents
and 3,000 teachers missed
school last Friday.
Washington, D.C.
General Maxwell Taylor said dur-ing
the week that "inexorable
pressure on Communist aggressors
is the key to successful outcome."
He said there would be world-wide
repercussions unless the United
States demonstrates in Viet Nam
that Communist wars of subver-sion
are "costly, dangerous and
doomed to failure."
Hammaguir, Algeria
France now claims member-ship
in the world space race
after shooting an all-French 41.8
pound gold-plated satellite into
orbit above the Sahara Desert.
Vatican City
Pope Paul has made fasting obli-gatory
only on Ash Wednesday and
Good Friday reducing the tradi-tional
number of fast days during
Lent from forty to two.
Princeton
Recent Gallup Poll reports show
that Secretary of Defense Robert
McNamara received high praise
from the American public for the
way he has handled military prob-lems
in South Viet Nam and the
way he has managed the Defense
Department.
New York
The Army Corps of Engineers
is seriously considering turning off
the water at Niagra Falls to give
it a face-lifting. Rock slides are
threatening to ruin the American
side of the falls.
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the CLARION Wednesday, February 23, 1966
Advocates of Senate Ban
Base Attack on Fallacies
Student Senate has concentrated the bulk of its attention
during the past few weeks upon the alarming proposal to dis-band
the only representative student body on campus. We
applaud the efforts of those senators who blocked the passage
of such a proposal.
It is difficult to understand the mentality or reasoning
behind the move to disband. It is also alarming to realize that
capable students elected to govern the student body and rep-resent
student interests could have acted so unwisely, con-sidering
such a move feasible. Their reasoning is based on
saliently distorted views.
Fallacy number one concerns the theory upon which the
Student Senate is based. Proponents of the constitutional re-vision
suggest one reason Student Senate has not been influ-ential
in handling controversial and pertinent issues is that the
students haven't come to them.
This assumption that students are to come to Senate is
antithetical to the primary thesis for the existence of Senate.
It is, in fact, the Senate's responsibility to activate the student
body.
In his acceptance speech, former Senate president, Bob
Beckstrom made the statement, "Something I would be very
happy to hear from students next year is, 'Bob, I don't like
what Senate is doing.' First . . . it would imply that Senate
is doing something. But more than that, it would imply that
Senate is doing something about which students are concerned.
Only then will the Senate be a vital part of our campus life"
(CLARION, March 18, 1964).
The present president, Bill Madsen, in his acceptance
speech stated that he looked forward to his tenure as an
opportunity for Senate to MAKE all Bethelites aware of the
Senate's concern with the "live issues" of campus life. (CLAR-ION,
April 7, 1965)
The problem then is not that the student body hasn't
made Senate aware of the "live issues," but that the Student
Senate has not made the student body aware of what is hap-pening
and what can be done about it. The problem is therefore
directly correllated to the ability of the senators to handle
controversy and direct it to the students.
This brings us to a second fallacy: "The difficulty in inter-esting
the student in his government is not the inadequacy
of those who govern but rather in the system by which they
as officers and senators are defined."
We have already shown the problem is correlated with
those who govern. Those who advocated the thorough constitu-tional
revision stated that no major structural change has been
effected by the Senate in an attempt to cure "student apathy."
We disagree.
Last year's thorough constitutional revision removed com-mittee
chairmen and certain executive official from the voting
Senate and reapportioned representation. It was certainly a
major change and may have precipitated in measure the
present Senate problem by removing the more acute individu-als
from the voting Senate body. Structural revision is not
by necessity a panacea for all ills.
Fallacy number three: "The present organization is ex
tremely efficient, having not spent more than three weeks on
any item of business before making some decision." This
speaks to the type of issues that have been raised in the
Senate, not the superefficiency of the machine.
Fallacy number four: "The proposal (the advocated con-stitutional
change) was designed to allow for total student
involvement." The theory is implimented by a "system of ad hoc
committees stemming from the student body as the situation
warrants."
This is based on the false assumption that the masses will
spontaneously govern themselves. You think you spent most
of your time sitting around the dorm this year!
Other disconcerting problems exist. By setting up one
council composed of a chairman, secretary, treasurer and
heads of the seven Senate committees, there exists a con-centration
of power, especially in financial matters, destroying
the entire system of representative voice students have in
governing their affairs.
The council must by necessity be composed of upper-classmen.
Are the freshmen and sophomores who constitute
more than half the student body to be subjected to legislative
injustice? They must have a voice if they are to be governed.
We agree with those advocating a change in Senate. How-ever,
that change must come from within the present Senate
system. To abolish it would do nothing but lead the student
body into a blind alley. We are encouraged to see Senate fol-lowing
these lines.
•
Batman Club gathers every Wednesday and Thursday evenings in
Edgren lounge to ingest the scintillating adventures of their newly
adopted heroes.
Wednesday, February 23, 1966 the CLARION Page 3 Letter to the Editor:
Lund Evaluates Senate Predicament wear 2413brp • • •
Dear Editor:
As theologians discuss the value
of the "God is Dead" theology,
Bethel has developed an interest-ing
variation: senate is dead.
Arguments such as student a-pathy,
inadequate constitutional
framework, lack of significant is-sues
and senate is ultra-efficient
are tossed about by various fac-tions.
As one of the many apathetic
students, I would like to add my
ignorance to the confusion by
analyzing several arguments put
forth.
It seems that the criteria to
judge a "successful" constitution
are in the amount of student par-ticipation
at various senate func-tions
and/or the willingness of
students to fill committees, offices,
etc. Therefore, if few students par-ticipate
it is symptomatic of a
poor constitutional framework.
Approaching it from the negative,
if most students have the time,
talent and willingness to take part
in student politics we would have
no need for a representative struc-ture,
except for efficiency.
I for one don't have the time,
But it seems to me in a college
setting one needs to go beyond
the high school concept (i.e. lead-ership
training and creating a cul-tural
milieu) to constructive work
with regard to the total academic
and spiritual community.
Perhaps the student government
could serve in clarifying the roles
of various campus agencies per-tinent
to student interest or ac-tively
seek to present a truer
image of the Bethel student to our
churches.
Finally I submit that our pre-sent
leadership is to be blamed
for the "senate is dead theory."
I turn to the March 31, 1965,
CLARION issue in which t h e
president-elect allowed to be
listed his desired goals for this
year, those upon which he ran
for office.
I quote in part, "Among tenta-tive
senate projects for next year
by Jonathan P. Larson
is a series of discussion groups
dealing with different aspects of
Christianity . . . the preparation
of a handbook for students . . .
greater interaction between Senate
and student.
Further, the article states that
he looks forward to next semester
as an opportunity to make all
Bethelites aware of the Senate's
concern with "live issues" of cam-pus
life.
In light of the current discussion
it may be well to recall to mind
his election speech in chapel. The
tape would make for iinteresting
listening. The question might well
be raised, "What happened to
those campaign promises?"
Perhaps it is not solely the
apathy of the student body but
its leadership which is responsi-ble
for our present condition.
Fred Lund
Wolff has transformed names
and statistics into vibrant three
dimensional personalities who
struggle, cry, kill, and despair.
London fiddled as Belgium
crumbled. The gay parties in
London society contrasted with
the thunder of drumfire and the
blood soaked bandages destroy
all grandiose illusions of the
"war to end all wars."
Wolff effectively shows that
World War I was not a moral war
(is any war ever moral?) waged
against totalitarianism, rather it
was the dramatic enactment of
petty whims and disagreements.
Look. It's a bird. It's a plane.
It's . . . no, Batman and Robin
are trying to park their Batmobile.
Yes, with a smash, zop, whack,
and biff, the comic strip heroes,
Batman and Robin have invaded
campus communities across the
nation, bringing with them a rash
of hero-worshippers.
Bethel is no exception. Every
Wednesday and Thursday even-ing
the television room in the
college building and the recrea-tion
room of Edgren Dormitory
are packed to capacity with ar-dent
fans.
In spite of the extensive and ex-cellent
coverage given to the SPAN
program in recent issues of the
Clarion, response to the program
has been nil.
SPAN is a program that permits
college students to study abroad
on a summer program while earn-ing
academic credit. SPAN will pay
half of the total expenses for the
trip.
SPAN is sponsored by the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, and is an
excellent chance for Bethel stu-said.
"Batman fits the criterion in
that it calls forth visions of old
gangster movies, comic books and
a little bit of everyone's childhood
—a childhood in which one wished
himself into the role of Superman,
Tarzan or any large-muscled hero
so that he could either fly away
from hiS parents, escape boredom,
win the love of the girl down the
block by performing fantastic
1967 summer program are now be-ing
taken.
It is imperative that application
for the program be made by the
March 1 application deadline date.
Applicants must be sophomores
who have maintained a 'B' grade
point average.
A student may apply even
though he may not be sure that
he is going to be able to partici-pate
in the program.
To obtain an application blank,
either see Dr. Jim Johnson, SPAN
advisor, or put a note in post of-fice
box number 60. Deadline for
application is March 1.
deeds or beat up the big kid who
had been picking on him."
Walter Gerson, assistant sociolo-gy
professor at the University who
has made a study of the American
comic book, reports that there is
a "trend in our society to the
super-hero." He predicted the show
should at least finish the year well
—"probably because there are so
many bad shows this year," he
said.
Well, here I am again at the beginning of a new semester. It's
almost like looking at the sun after a blizzard or coming up for a
breath of air after you've been swimming under water trying to see
how far you could go.
Last semester was tough. Not only from the class angle, but I
had those old feelings wondering about the "Lord's will' again. I guess
you know the struggle. Sometimes I think He's pushing me towards
Seminary. I just don't know.
Then there were those emotional pressures. I sure wish A
would let me know where I stand with her. It's on one day and off
the next, and I've really begun to appreciate her.
Well, I've been told to accept every circumstance of my life as
God's will, and part of "His plan " for me. But that s a whole lot
easier said than done. I wonder sometimes why He has to make it so
rough. He knows I've told Him I'd do anything He wanted me to. All
He has to do is show me. Seems to me that that showing could be
simpler.
The worst part about all this wondering and struggling is the fact
that the old H.P.R. has to suffer. If I go on to grad school, they'll look
pretty close at that.
Well, I said that this semester seems new and refreshing. The
pressures have eased a bit, at least temporarily. I'm starting to stick
my head out of my shell at least to see what's going on in the 'nother
world.
Thanks for your interest in me. I'll keep you posted on the events
of this semester. I can only look back on the one that's passed and
trust the old apostle Paul when he said that in everything God puts us
through He gradually conforms us to the image of Christ.
Your kid brother,
J
SPAN Staff Advisor Laments
Indifferent Student Response
or willingness to be an "active"
IN FLANDERS FIELD by Leon Wolff, Bal-part
of a political body. My an lantine Books, N. Y. 1964.
swer is to elect someone to rep- There is poetry in history. Few
resent me. Under such an ar- historians find it, and fewer still
rangement a more correct bases express it in their records.
for judging an "active" student Leon Wolff has found part of it
body would be the percentage when he writes,
voting at the polls. ���'... as he walked his heavy
Further, there seems to be a boots rasped against the rem-breakdown
in communication be- nants of rusty barbed wire and
tween the various segments of our occasionally jostled a helmet, or
political framework. The execu- a rifle barrel from which the
tive cabinet in NOT communicat- wood had long decayed.
ing adequately within its own "Only this, and sometimes the
members nor to the Senate of barking of his dog disturbed the
actions taken on its rulings. deathlike silence where once men
Neither is the Senate communi- had screamed in fear and agony
eating to the students what Senate amid the clatter of the guns."
is or is not accomplishing. Nor is In Flanders Field is written the
it actively seeking the desire of way history must be written — a
the students. balanced fusion of facts and feel-
The assumption is made that ings. Wolff has tried to convey
extreme efficiency is bad. Per- World War I as it impressed the
haps it is not the efficient oper-- mud-caked soldiers who sloshed
ation that is wrong but the con- through the shell holes on the
cept of the role of student gov- Belgian front, the commanders
ernment in a college community. who pondered maps and time tab-
If I may be so presumptuous, I les in tents far behind the lines,
suggest that our present concept the leaders, who, concerned for
of student government is "Mickey- their own careers, fretted anxious-
Mouse." It is fine for high school. ly in their diplomatic circles.
Proposed Hike in Tuition
Causes Students Anxiety
by Jonathan P. Larson
The recent tuition increase has predictably drawn a nega-tive
reaction from Bethel students.
One of Bethel's unique qualities has been her appeal to
the middle and low-middle income brackets. It seems that this
facet of Bethel is going to be slowly eliminated as college costs
increase. If college expenses double in the next decade, then
it is inevitable that Bethel, in order to maintain her operating
costs, will have to turn to higher income brackets for its
students. Or is she?
One answer to the problem is subsidy. There are two
alternatives to subsidy: 1. increased help from the Conference
churches and other religious groups, or 2. direct federal
aid to the college. The Conference has winced at the latter,
and it seems unfair that she also balks at giving more liberal-ly
to the acute needs here on campus.
The time is approaching when a choice of the alternatives
will have to be made. Indecision will mean either the dis-integration
of Bethel, or her reorientation towards other
circles.
Until some solution is formulated students will either
have to beg, borrow, or steal, or tighten their belts,
"scrounge" into their frayed pockets, and cross their fingers.
One question lingers in this writer's mind. Was the increas-ed
tuition proposal an act of faith? (For those who fail to
catch the significance of the last phrase, refer to Don Kling-berg).
Poetry Necessary For History
In Wolff's Human Look at War
Dinner is "wolfed down" and
books are forgotten, at least for
that half hour from 6:30-7:00 p.m.
as the dorm set vie for seats, many
coming early to see their latest
heroes "cruch" their way through
another adventure.
Student reaction has been var-ied,
however. Not all have respond-ed
with such blatant enthusiasm.
Some of the more astute view the
heroic adventures of the two de-fenders
of law and justice with
responses from "ish" to "juve-nile."
Why is Batman so popular?
Scott McNall, assistant sociology
The problem is a serious one and warrants urgent at- professor at the University of
tention. To ignore it is simply to be dishonest. Minnesota reported in the MIN-NESOTA
DAILY that there are
several reasons: The show i s
"camp," the plot is completely
unpredictable and the program
venerates the irrational and the
absurd.
—Camp' is something nostalgic
or so ugly that it is 'in,"' McNall
Wolff makes 200,000 casualties dents to mix with students from
men of flesh and blood. That is colleges and universities other
the poetry in history. than Bethel. Applications for the
Batman Attracts Campus Following;
Is 'Camp' Among College Community
cataa aid leceeed
Gisele Mackenzie and Leonard Graves will play the leading roles
in the upcoming St. Paul Civic Opera production of The King and I.
This Rodgers and Hammerstein classic will play March 7, through March
12, at the St. Paul Auditorium Theater.
Bethel students interested in attending performances on March 7,
10, or the matinee on the 13th should place a note in P.O. Box 19 soon.
Tickets are also available through Dayton's and the Field-Schlick ticket
office.
Tomorrow night the University Artist's Celebrity Series will
present the world-famous Rumanian Folk Ballet and Folk Orchestra
in Northrop Auditorium at 8:30 p.m.
Friday night in the Twin Cities features the University of Minnesota
Concert Band in a unique program including a saxophone concerto.
Vincent J. Abato is the solo artist for the evening, playing music
written especially for him by Paul Creston and a medley from Porgy and
Bess. The program will be at 8:00 p.m. in Northrop Auditorium.
The Physicists by Friedrich Duerrenmatt is now playing at the
Theatre St. Paul today through Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
One drama not to be missed is ORPHEUS DESCENDING by
Tenessee Williams. It is at the Eastside Theater with performances
beginning at 8:30 each evening.
Robert Clark Nelson's paintings can still be seen this week at the
Suzanne Kohn Gallery.
A complete performance of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" will be
presented in Northrop Memorial Auditorium on Friday, March 4, at
8:30 p.m. This outstanding production is a joint effort by the University
of Minnesota's Department of Music, the Union Board of Governors,
and the Department of Concerts and Lectures.
This will be the first time the University's Music Department
has undertaken a major presentation of this scope. It is, also, the
first time this attraction will be performed complete with music,
costumes, stage settings, and original dance.
Mail orders for tickets are now being accepted by the University
Artists' Course ticket office, 105 Northrop Memorial Auditorium.
Bethel Love Life Authority Recalls
Campus As 'Happy . Hunting Ground'
The following article written by Miss Nelson
appeared in the Faculty Journal of Feb., 1961. It
is still a timely subject, based upon the author's
views as Dean of Women during her tenure at
Bethel College.
by Miss Effie V. Nelson
To be known as an authority on the subject
love life on the Bethel Campus is a humbling exper-ience
and one which carries great responsibilities.
Let it be understood that the vast amount of informa-tion
has been gained by observation and scientific
research not by personal experience.
The Bethel campus seems to be a natural habitat
for those who love one another, and one of Bethel's
aims as an institution interested in higher education
is to furnish a "happy hunting ground" for modern
youth.
In a careful study of data collected between the
years 1925-1961 the following classification becomes
evident: 1. The Starry-eyed Dreamer Type. These
lovers gaze adoringly into each other's eyes as they
dream—always and everywhere. In a follow-up survey
it has been discovered that they now see stars of
much greater brilliance and that the "sweet nothings"
which they have whispered on the campus air really
are nothing.
2. The Purse-bearer Type. The tall, handsome
youth is brave enough and strong to carry "lillums"
heavy purse. After the wedding "lillums" is strong
enough to carry her own purse as well as his, and she
holds the pursestrings "ever after".
3. The Campus-leaders. The Bethel Student Sen-ate
has a motto: "Every Student a Leader." There
Page 4 the CLARION
When the house lights go down
on a concert today, reports TIME,
The Weekly Newsmagazine, it is
often the audience that strikes up
the overture. It is a kind of barn-yard
symphonette.
The Hummer and the Time
Beater serve as the rhythm sec-tion.
The Cellophane Crinkler and
the Program Rattler handle the
solos.
In the percussion section, the
principal performers are the Brace-let
Jangler and the Premature
Clapper.
Special effects are contributed
by the Knuckle Cracker and the
Watch Winder.
The Coughers' Chorale is di-rected
by the Dry-Throated, Red-
Nosed Hacker, whose feeblest
lead always gets a resounding
antiphonal response.
The entire performance is chor-eographed
by Figeter, produced
and upstaged by that notorious
team of Latecomer and Earlyleav-er.
To teach latecomers a lesson,
Stokowski once had his musicians
wander idly off-and-onstage while
playing a Mozart symphony. An-other
time he turned to the audi-ence
and conducted the coughers:
"All right, cough!" he commanded.
"I want a rhythmic cough! Make
it louder!"
Classical guitarist Adres Seg-ovia
recently stopped a perfor-mance
in Chicago, whipped out
an enormous handkerchief, and
honked and wheezed along with
the audience.
Jascha Heifetz prefers the with-ering
glare or, if things get too
bad, departure.
The late Sir Thomas Beecham
was even less subtle, once whirled
on the podium and roared: "Shut
up, you fools!"
As for the dreaded cellophane
crinkler, critics recommend that
mute fruit—something nice and
quiet like bananas—should be
sold at intermissions instead of
candy.
Conductor Eugene Ormandy, who
has been jolted from his sleep
Wednesday, February 23, 1966
by a radiator whistling off-key,
recently requested that women
check their dangly bracelets before
entering the concert hall. It would
not be so bad, reports NEW YORK
TIMES critic Harold Schonberg, if
"all the bracelets weren't dif-ferently
pitched."
Schonberg is also bugged by
serious types who lug music scores
to the performance. They turn
their pages in unison and sound
"like a bunch of locusts going
through a wheatfield."
To help separate himself from
such extraneous noises, one Man-hattan
concertgoer cups two
programs to his ears.
The audience-participation show,
suggests Metropolitan Opera Di-rector
Rudolph Bing, is the result
of "a general deterioration of
manners everywhere, spurred by
the Beatles and similar creatures."
He should know. Met audiences of-ten
seem better suited for Ringo
than Rossini.
Eric Borgeson
by Barb Rood
Honored at the annual Founders
Week Smorgasbord on Monday
evening were Effie V. Nelson and
Eric Borgeson who are retiring
at the end of this academic year.
In addition to receiving gifts as
tokens of recognition for their
service on the campus, each one
also received a volume of letters
from those whose lives have been
especially enriched by their con-tributions.
Miss Nelson, as a member of the
faculty for 41 years, has seen
Bethel through its growth stages
from academy to junior and now
senior college.
A versatile individual, Miss Nel-son
has taught German, English,
history, mathematics, social prob-lems,
and physical education.
She was also librarian for 17
years. She has been Dean of Wo-men
since 1937.
A. J. Wingblade, then principal
of the Academy, was instrumental
in interesting Miss Nelson in
teaching at Bethel. When he ap-proached
her concerning teaching,
she had already applied at a school
in Iowa and was about ready to
sign a contract.
However, she felt that the Lord
was definitely leading her to
Bethel, so she came sight unseen.
In recalling the many students
with whom she has worked, Miss
Nelson stated that students then
and now are much the same. How-ever,
she did say that students now
are more inclined to express their
feelings openly.
Another member of the Bethel
community who has also endeared
himself to students and faculty
alike is Eric Borgeson.
Coming to Bethel in 1942 from
the Emerald Avenue Baptist
Church in Chicago where he serv-ed
as custodian, Eric has been in-volved
in custodial service and
supervision, boiler engineering,
and many other duties.
Students remember him parti-cularly
as the valiant protector of
Bethel's flowers and lawn. Al-though
Eric has made no definite
plans after retirement, he said
that he will probably continue to
come back and visit campus to
care for his flowers.
One of the most humorous inci-dents
that Eric recalls is a pro-
Effie V. Nelson
mise that he made to a student
to save some work for him. Eric
recalled this promise early one
moring when it was ten below zero
with blowing snow.
He went to the Student's room
and got him out of bed. The sleepy
student told Eric that he liked
work but not that well!
One thing that he enjoys about
students is their friendliness. He
also feels that students are more
carefree and don't feel the finan-cial
pressures that their parents
felt.
He also enjoys meeting second-generation
students whose parents
were part of the campus commun-ity
years ago.
Who could forget these two cam-pus
personalities? Certainly all
will remember Miss Nelson's witty
chapel talks and Eric's love for
flowers and people.
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Performers in Audience
Dominate Many Concerts
Two Retiring Campus Personalities
Recieve Honors, Gifts of Gratitude
are many who would lead each other up the steps,
down the steps, down the hall, and into chapel where
they continue to hold hands. This type causes much
frustration on the part of observers as no one can
determine who is leading whom.
4. The Puppy-love Type. These are the ever-present
cuddlers who inhabit the lounges, who occupy only
one-half of a car seat, and who make any spot on
the campus a "mushing" area. This type proves the
old saying that "puppy love leads to a dog's life."
Think of being separated from a leash only by death.
5. The Crooner Type. This singing sobster is
a forerunner of Elvis and cannot be separated from
his "musical instrument". When he sings "I've got
love and a dime," it is obvious that he overestimates
his financial holdings. Whenever one is subjected
to his nasal whine the thought comes that the poor
campus wolf is no doubt in a rap from which he will
never escape.
6. The "Moon-light Gambler" Type. This type
furnishes the main reason for locking all classrooms
and offices each evening.
7. The Model-T-Lover (forerunner of the 1961
model). The Bethel Field House stands where one
Bethel couple celebrated many a field-day in an old
Model T. The car still had four wheels but no tires,
and, of course, it was air-conditioned. Love could
never have been and never will be grander in a new
Falcon.
8. The Sputnik Type—(space-travelers). This type
has no regard for time or place. They return to the
dormitory and bring with them such "fuzzy" excuses
as they have gathered on their soaring expiditions:
1. "My Watch stopped." What a
timely tale!
2. "We ran out of gas." Too bad
a car can't run on hot air as
there must have been plenty of
that.
3. "We got lost in Como Park."
No one could doubt that story as
they could get lost on the campus.
4. "We got a traffic ticket for
speeding just because we were
trying to get back to the dormi-tory
in time." Ahem!
5. "We had a flat tire." This
tale falls as flat in 1961 as it did
in 1930.
6. "We went canoeing, and while
we were in the middle of the lake
we lost one paddle so we could
only go in circles." Is it possible
that they are still going in circles?
9. The Ideal-lover Type. Yes,
there is such a type. These lovers
maintain high standards of ethics
and scholarship. They never make
public clemon4txations of their
love for one another. They return
to the dormitories on time.
Conclusion! 1. Love-life on the
Bethel Campus in 1961 is much
the same as it was in 1925.
2. The prediction of the author
is that the future love activities
will be as interesting as the past
have been.
3. What about long-range plan-ning?
Whether the campus is on
North Snelling or in the Arden
Hills Area, the faculty must con-tinue
to look, to listen, and "to
suffer long and be kind."
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Leroy Nelson, Bethel heavyweight wrestler, applies the finishing
touches, pinning his opponent in Saturday's loss to University of Min-nesota
Morris, 22-15.
Debaters Attend Tourney,
Anticipate Coming Meets
On Feruary 18 and 19, the Var- Even the wildest debate enthu-sity
Debate Team competed at Eau siast at the Eau Claire Tourn-
Claire, Wisconsin. ament would have to admit that
One team, Sharon Larson and the best part of the tournament
Tim Williams, debated negative was the mammoth and mouth-twice
on Friday night and affirm- watering smorgasbord dinner
ative three times on Saturday prepared for the debaters.
morning. The other team, Dave After this enjoyable dinner, the
Nydegger and Kathy Harvie, debat- debaters listened to the finalists
ed affirmative twice on Friday of the contests in original oratory
afternoon and negative three times speaking, after dinner speeches,
on Saturday morning. creative reading, and extempora-neous
speaking.
Sharon Larson and Tim Williams
again produced a fine record of
4 wins, 1 loss in competition a-gainst
schools such as Creighton
University, Wisconsin State Uni-versity
of Whitewater, and St. Olaf
College.
Their total win-loss average
for this year now stands at 30
wins and 8 losses, which is an
exceptional average for a debate
team.
Dave Nydegger and Kathie Har-vie
jumped from Junior Varsity
debating into rougher Varsity
competition and won 3 rounds,
losing 2. In the last 16 rounds
Dave and Kathy have won 14 of
their debates.
Tim and Sharon will be Bethel's
debate representatives in the fu-ture
at the tough Nebraska Tourn-ament
and even tougher St. Thom-as
Tournament.
An advisor's luncheon was held
in the Bethel College President's
Dining Room on Saturday.
Mrs. Robert Nelson, Bethel fa-culty
wife, designed a woodcut of
"The Bear" for the cover of the
program listing events of the con-ference.
contention was that mixed blood
was a source of redemption.
Bethel College and Hamline
University were co-sponsors of
this year's convention. Other
participating schools were Mac-alester,
St. Mary's, Augsburg,
St. Scholastica, St. Theresa, Gus-tavus
Adolphus, St. Thomas,
Concordia, St. John's, St. Bene-dict,
and St. Catherine.
Seminar Discusses Faulkner
Last Saturday the University of
Minnesota Morris beat the Bethel
Royal's wrestling squad 22-15. All
fifteen of Bethel's tallies came as
the result of pins.
The Royals put up a gallant ef-fort,
considering the fact that the
Cougars downed St. Thomas, at
whose hands Bethel suffered a
23-13 setback, 22-8 earlier in the
season.
Ron Harris at 137 pounds pin-ned
his man with 3 seconds to
go in the second period. Paul
Anderson pinned his man in the
160 pound class with 1 second
to go in the first period. In the
heavyweight division, Leroy Nel-son
won by a pin in the second
period.
Curt Johnson at 123 pounds
fought his man even in the first
period, but succumbed to a pin
in the second. At 130 pounds,
Denny Nyholm gave it a good
try but came up on the short
end of an 11-2 score.
Mike Warring, 145 pounds, wre-tled
a very close match but just
could not escape his Morris oppo-nent
and lost 3-2. Dan Wilson
lost his match to Morris' aggres-sive
152 pound man, 9-0.
At 167 pounds, Dave Moss,
who has been wrestling for about
one week, managed to keep free
for a couple of minutes but fell
to a pin in the first period.
Bruce Armstrong at 177 pounds
kept moving and trying for the
nine minutes of the match but
could not get away from his man
and lost 8-1.
Bethel's next and last home
match is against St. Paul Bible
College this Friday at 4:00 p.m.
cont'd from page one
presentation was that the Negro
woman in Faulkner's works is the
source of stability in Negro so-ciety.
He also suggested her as a
means of communication between
the Negro and white.
Robert Monroe, Karen Sloan
and Mae Toedter analyzed the
subject "Was Ike a Hero?" The
life of Isaac MsCaslin, the main
figure in THE BEAR, was sum-marized.
Ike's heroic qualities, portrayed
in his hunting experiences as a
boy, were first pointed out. Also
discussed were his choice to re-pudiate
his rightful heritage when
he reached legal age because of
his conviction that he would be
perpetrating a curse if he accepted
it, and the seeming ineffective-ness
of his old age.
Isaac was compared to the Bib-lical
Isaac, and was also suggested
as a symbol of Christ in that he
was rejected by his own people.
Robert Baustian read a paper,
"Significance of Mixed Blood in
Go Down Moses," a subject he had
studied with Barbara Rood. Their
Wednesday, February 23, 1966
The ancient Bible Lands, once
traversed only by camel, donkey,
and foot, are the spring destina-tion
of a tour group conducted by
Dr. Ronald Youngblood of Bethel
Seminary.
The span of two thousand years
between those ancient days and
1966 will be mainly visible as Dr.
Youngblood's group proceeds not
on camelback or foot, but by the
modern bus, train, and airplane.
Having studied intensively the
language and history of the Bi-ble
lands, Dr. Youngblood is a
most capable tour guide. Present-ly
Associate Professor of Old
Testament Languages in t h e
Seminary, he conducted a simi-lar
Holy Land tour two yeatTs
ago this spring.
The 1966 tour, extending from
May 26 to June 16, will include
five Middle Eastern countries:
Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and
Israel, and the Lower Mediter-rannean
nation of Greece.
Some highlights of the trip will
include Egypt's Gizeh Pyramids,
the Pharoahs' Tombs near Thebes,
the city of Cairo, the Roman Acro-polis
at Baalbek, and the old city
of Damascus containing the House
of Ananias and St. Paul's Window
from which the Apostle Paul was
lowered in a basket.
Sunday, June 5, will find the
travelers at the Dead Sea and
by Beccie Beek
After spending a week in Wash-ington,
D.C., three students are
titting reality again as they try
to resume the routine of classes,
studying, and sub-zero weather.
John Tegenfeldt, Leonard John-son,
and Beccie Beek last week
attended the Washington seminar
on federal service sponsored by
the National Association of Evan-gelicals.
They were among 130
other students from various col-leges
similar to Bethel.
The major purpose of the semi-nar
was to provide an oppor-tunity
to observe the federal
government in action and to be-come
acquainted with the oppor-tunities
for professional service
in government agencies.
The Conference also strove to
relate Christian and political ethics
by showing ways in which Chris-tians
could be a witness in public
service. There was also an oppor-tunity
to see places of cultural
and historical interest.
Those attending had the priv-ilege
of staying for three days at
the home of Dr. Walfred Peterson,
former political science professor
at Bethel, now serving in the
Baptist Joint Committee on Public
Affairs in Washington, D.C. They
also found worthwhile the insights
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the Essene village of Qumran
which is near the Dead Sea
Scroll caves. Following lunch
the group will proceed to the
traditional site of Jesus' baptism
in the Jordan River.
Continuing through J e r i c h o,
which is possibly the oldest known
constantly inhabited city in the
world, the group heads toward
Jerusalem via the Good Samaritan
Inn, the Tomb of Lazarus, and the
site of the house of Mary and
Martha.
In Jerusalem alone the impor-tant
sites are numerous. Tourists
will want to be sure to see the
Palestine Archeological Museum,
the Palace and Judgment Hall of
Pontius Pilate, the traditional
Tomb of Christ, the Garden of
Gethsemane just outside the city's
wall, and to walk with pilgrim's
along the Via Dolorosa.
A veteran of the 1964 tour,
Dick Ivance, a senior at Bethel,
comments that the trip "made
the Bible come alive for me."
It also "broadened my experi-ence"
and "introduced me to my
future wife." Dick is planning
to marry this summer.
More detailed information pam-phlets
on the trip may be availa-ble
through Dr. Youngblood.
he gave them into the political
structure of federal government,
and also appreciated the time he
spent showing different sights in
Washington.
During the daily seminar ses-sions
the different branches of
national government were view-ed
first hand. Study of the legis-lative
branch included listening
to Senate and House Committee
hearings, seeing the Senate and
House in action, interviewing
legislators, and visiting the Li-brary
of Congress.
Examining the judiciary branch
included a visit to the Supreme
Court and hearing the well-known
Justice Byron "Whizzer" White.
In the executive branch those
attending saw numerous adminis-trative
departments and agencies,
the executive office of the Presi-dent,
the State Department, and
the Civil Service Comission.
Time was also allowed for
personal interests such as visit-one's
own Congressman, seeing
the highlights of the Capitol
City and making and developing
new acquaintances.
The entire trip was interesting,
exciting, and educational. A word
of thanks goes to the History and
Political Science Departments for
helping to make the trip possible.
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by Tom Coniel
"It's one of the toughest ball
games we've ever lost. It's no
shame to lose to those boys."
These were the post-game com-ments
of Coach Noel Olson after
his University of Minnesota Mor-ris
Cougars succumbed to the
Bethel Royals 89-83. The annual
Parents' Night game pitted the
state's two highest scoring quin-tets
before another near capacity
fieldhouse crowd.
Coach Healy's cagers grabbed
an early 10-2 lead after three
minutes of play. The Cougars,
however, outscored the Royals
22-13 in the next seven minutes
to lead 24-23.
Two factors contributed to this
change of hands — the absence of
foul-laden Ron Pederson, and the
13 points of UMM's Doug MacAver.
Sixth man Bob Nolin kept the
Royals apace with 8 points and
great hustle. Morris nevertheless
led 48-45 at halftime on the
strength of its 52% shooting as
compared to Bethel's 41%.
Pederson, who scored 21 of
his 30 points in the second half,
and Bob Nolin boosted Bethel to
a 58-58 knot at 13:24. Captain
Moulton promptly delivered two
hitch free throws to give his
team a permanent lead at 13:04.
UMM gallantly battled and re-mained
within one bucket, 83-81,
with 3:56 to play. Subsequent
scoring read Pederson-MacAver-
Pederson to put the home team
ahead 87-83 at 1:34.
The alert Royals then made sev-eral
thefts, but were unable to
put the game on ice. But depend-able
Dave Bjorkland's two gift
tosses put the game out of reach
at 89-83 with 10 seconds remain-ing.
In reviewing the game, Coach
Olson thought there was "no
turning point, just fantastic
shooting by Bethel." He had ref-erence,
of course, to the second
half in which his team trailed
51% to 39% percentage-wise.
Several other key factors led to
a home court victory. First, Ron
Pederson's 14 rebounds and 30
points. (In the process he broke
Don Moore's season rebounding
record of 281.)
After playing outside on offense
the first half, Ron shifted to a
high post the second half. With
the aid of Moulton's deadly out-side
shooting, Ron maneuvered for
21 second half tallies.
A second key factor was Jerry
Moulton's superb defensive job
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on UMM's Wayne Brabender, a
24-point per game marksman. In
addition the captain scored 21
points, mostly from his favorite
corner.
Probably the biggest single key
factor was the play of Nolin. He
scored 16 points, all clutch bas-kets,
and generally sparked his
teammates with his great hustle.
It was probably Bob's finest effort
as a Royal eager.
On February 10, the Bethel wo-men's
basketball team played Fair-view
Hospital winning handily by
a score of 39-24.
The game began with even scor-ing
in the first half, but in the
third quarter, Bethel raced ahead
doubling the score 36-17. Bethel
held Fairview down to win the
game.
Barb Lindman was high scorer
with 20 points making 15 points
in the third quarter.
Bethel capped a three game win-ning
streak February 12, by win-ning
against St. Paul Bible Col-
However, probably the best way
to sum up the factors came in
the words of Jerry Moulton, "It
was the best team effort I've play
ed with — 100% effective."
Doug MacAver led all scorers
with 34 and was followed by 6'5"
Roger Schuaser with 23, and Jim
Drealan and Brabender with 10
apiece. In addition to Pederson's
30, Moulton's 21, and Nolin's 16,
Dave Bjorkland netted 15.
lege 38-24. Again the half-time
score was close but Bethel streng-thened
her lead to win.
On February 15, Bethel lost to
Augsburg by 53-33. The first half
was marked by close scores and
good, fast ball handling by both
teams.
The second half, Bethel slow-ed
down and Augsburg contin-ued
their lead to win by 20
points.
Bethel's current record is 8-4.
The last two home games are
against Gustavus Adolphus, Febru-ary
19, and Northwestern, March
1.
by GrampaYohnson
Well, children, time again for Daddy to talk to you about school
spirit. Not the same old line, mind you, because, my children, in the
Bethel family, you have finally come of age.
That was absolutely grand Saturday evening. There were even
roars of approval to make the rafters ring during the wrestling match!
Then during that basketball game—had to even turn down my hearing
aid it got so loud. But that noise was sheer bliss to this old champion
of school spirit.
Never have I seen so many people stacked into that old self-contained
basketball world called the fieldhouse, except during
Founders' Week. But then we sort of pad the numbers with 1000 or
so visitors. I was afraid the walls would fall down with all that
shouting—just like good friend Joshua.
I guess there are hosts of people to thank for contributions. Friend
Whitinger does a great job with that band of his. You know, he even
was in there leading cheers, pounding on that brass drum himself.
Then those dear little cheerleaders.
I almost feel sorry for those poor souls as they fling themselves
out on that floor and yell at the top of their lyric soprano voices,
T-EI-A-M, etc., then jump up into the air, split their legs, and come
flown — hard — owch! My arthritic joints ache every time I watch.
Such devotion to duty is above and beyond the call.
Not least to mention are those great teams. They put their heads
and hearts on the line last Saturday. The wrestling team put up a
great fight against Morris. Special congratulations go to Bruce Arm-strong.
Not everybody had to wrestle a "guerilla-man."
Then there was the basketball team. Such an exciting display of
competitive spirit has characterized the Royals this year. The spirit
of the Royal lion growled again at the Cougars Saturday night.
Well, tomorrow the valiant cagers meet Valley City in the annual
Founders' Week game. I've been around these parts for years, mind
you, and I want you to show those alumni that Bethel spirit just "ain't
what it used to be." It's beyond all comparison. Rattle the rafters
gang!
Cagers Overcome Morris Cougars
With Unparalleled Season's Effort
Women Defeat Fairview,
Post 8-4 Season Record
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